Paying for reviews IS an ethical grey area. Understand: it's industry standard for major US publishers. Almost every imprint from almost every...
Or on a phone, or on a tablet! Seriously, WAY worth it for this deal. Awesome books. :)
Hey guys! Thought I'd jump in here and let folks know about my newest project. I’ve officially launched my first Kickstarter on April 27th. It...
You'll have to make your own judgement on whether or not to enter based on the scientology bit... But the contest is well known, well run, and...
What I think some of the posters above have missed is that your bio is now part of your sales pitch. You are selling YOURSELF - as a storyteller -...
Anyone with the tech savvy to program this spider PROBABLY has the skills to use a proxy to mask an IP. ;) That said, Amazon gets crawled all...
Excellent points, Stephen. No disagreement there. Interesting, though - the publisher is trying to pay for HER marketing expertise, and she's...
The sad thing is, even at the highest end, publishers really don't as a rule have much of an idea how to get those first 3500 readers. They're...
Wow, great list up there! Yes, Passive Voice, Konrath, DWS, Kris Rusch - basically this is your "who's who" of major spots for indies. I'd add in...
I like the DBW report too. I found it fascinating, because it said something that Hugh's report really only hinted at. According to the DBW...
Speaking from personal experience in both indie and trad... 1) To roughly match a publisher for quality of editing and cover, you're looking at...
Funny thing is, even as staunch an advocate of indie publishing as I am...? If a publisher offered me "game changing" money for a book, I'd be...
There are always some folks who do better than usual on any platform. I make almost half my sales between Kobo and B&N - that's HIGHLY unusual. I...
This isn't just a survey of people; it's a survey of data. It's a grab of the actual data from the actual retail website. VERY different from past...
Hmmm. Most of the data is pretty obvious, to me. But I've been immersed in it for a while now - so I recognize that what might be "common...
On the surface, I agree - if someone's dream is to do X, they ought to pursue that dream. On the next level down, it feels like even the bit I...
Nothing wrong with taking a good contract, assuming you can get one. EVERYTHING wrong with taking a bad one, which is all most writers are...
I may be one of the only people alive NOT shocked by the results. But I have the advantage of having done this research already, on a more limited...
Greg, this isn't anything new. When I was first writing, back in the late 80s through mid 90s, it was the same thing. Publishers have ALWAYS had...
Hmm. Honestly, most of what I said is common knowledge. Little surprised that there's anyone pushing back. "Misuse royalties": Keeping royalties...
