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The Author Hot Seat with David Higgins: We didn’t have genre when I was young
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
David Higgins is my guest today, a short story writer who has found that the problem of fitting into the category straight-jacket is amplified when your short stories aren’t all in the same style. Here’s how Dave copes with the conundrum and gives us his take on the genre…
More KDP Select Books on Bestseller Lists
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
Amazon Bestseller Changes In the past week, several books enrolled in KDP Select have landed themselves on the bestseller lists at Amazon. This is according to data tabulated at Publishers Lunch: http://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2014/07/daily-update-influence-kindle-unlimited-amazon-bestsellers-grows/. You can easily check the top 100 bestsellers at Amazon to see the current list. The reason for the…
Copyright Infringement: A Warning to all Authors
Originally posted on blindoggbooks:
I would like to share a letter sent to me by a fellow independent author, who wishes to remain anonymous, about a website claiming to be promoting independent authors, when in reality it appears that they are offering free downloads of the work of dozens of us. If you are an…
This Old Home Prompt On the Community Story Board
Originally posted on readful things blog:
http://neverendingstorydepository.wordpress.com/2014/07/12/a-writing-challenge-this-old-home/ If you haven’t seen the prompt on the Community Story Board yet, here is your chance to give us your best. Click the link above to find out all the details:) ? Entries must be in by the 26th of July!
Insights from PWC’s report: pricing your book
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
A few days ago I came across a fascinating report regarding the future of e-Books and e-Readers by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. The analysis itself is somewhat dated (2010) but the survey gave some interesting pointers for us, self-published authors. So I will be posting highlights from the report as I go through it. Regarding pricing your…
Really Bad Analogies
Originally posted on Dena Rogers:
A friend of mine shared this with me on facebook. #7 & 10 are my favorites.
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 