Someone asked why in a comment to a previous post. This is such a vital discussion rather than respond to the comment, I wanted to make it an entire post. There are different types of reviews, of course. There are professional ones in PW and Library Journal. There are (mostly Read more…
I’ve been trying to figure out what to say on this subject. I am about as far from an expert as you can get, but they are tremendously important. You have probably at most a few seconds to tempt someone on Amazon, Smashwords or B&N to take a closer look. Read more…
I’ll try not to whine here, but getting reviews–or rather not getting them–is killing me. I don’t quite know what I’m doing wrong. What have I done? Well, I emailed every blogger I could find who reviewed indie-published fantasy with a request to do a review. About 10 of them Read more…
There is considerable buzz about Joe Konrath’s recent post in which he told the bare truth about what the Big 6 are doing to traditionally published authors on royalties. After repeating a recent conversation with a NYT selling author he commented on the royalties: The 25% the publisher is offering Read more…
As a lot of people have pointed out, in the last two years an entire new world has evolved in publishing: Self-publishing authors on Kindle and Nook. So I’m going to take that as a given for the moment. I’m not going to discuss whether it’s good or bad. What Read more…
I write in more than one genre. My historical novels are the ones my agent had been pitching until I parted ways with him recently. I intend to write several more, although they have been postponed while I polish the fantasies we have completed. I have always thought that it Read more…
First, let me point out for anyone who may not be aware of it, you don’t have to own a Kindle to read Amazon’s Kindle books. There is a Kindle for PC (and other devices) FREE here: FREE Kindle for PC Sure the Kindle device is great. I love it, Read more…