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This Week in Indie Publishing
Originally posted on Author Don Massenzio:
Want to Turn Your Comic Book Idea Into a Million-Dollar Business? Here’s the First Step Comic books are kind of a big deal these days. Total revenue for the comic book publishing industry in 2018?was estimated to be $865 million, and that’s not counting peripheral sources of income from…
PitchWars? Not For Me, This Year.
Originally posted on WRITING TIPS & WRITERLY MUSINGS:
Sitting This One Out For the first time since I found the PitchWars community, I’m really not entering. Between work stress, life stress, and not having anything new, it’s just not going to happen for me this year. I haven’t even looked at any of the blogs…
Author Interview Featuring Author Candace Robinson
Originally posted on Touch My Spine Book Reviews:
Hey guys I am super excited to feature this awesome author/blogger on my blog today! She is such an amazing lady with a sweet presence and beautiful soul. I was so glad I connected with Author?Candace Robinson!!! So I am going to shut my babbling mouth up…
The Plantsider Book Blitz: Review + Q&A
Hello my little munchkins. How are you all doing today? I am doing well. I am tired but hey I am about to leave to go to YallWest on the 2nd so, who can really complain? I am ready to finish up all of my homework for the next couple of weeks because I would…
How Change Can Be a Good Thing – In Life and In Writing
Originally posted on WRITING TIPS & WRITERLY MUSINGS:
I’m moving. This week has been spent packing, painting, and making seemingly endless to-do lists. I’m partially moving to be closer to friends and family, partially to be closer to my new job (that I took partially BECAUSE of it’s proximity to the aforementioned friends and family),…
Indie Publishing News
Originally posted on Author Don Massenzio:
hat Amazon’s Mysterious 50% Royalty ‘Error’ Says About Self-Publishing Adam Rowe Pictured: a self-publisher, books. Not in that order. Authors using Kindle Direct Publishing, Amazon’s e-book publishing unit, were given a shock when they turned to their KDP dashboards on January 9: A “50%” royalty rate had appeared between…
Goodreads Giveaways: Important Changes Effective January 9, 2018
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
Image from ShutterStock. GOODREADS GIVEAWAY CHANGES Like many authors and publishers, I have used Goodreads giveaways for years to help with discovery, create buzz, and seek honest reviews for newly released books. I have been a big fan of the Goodreads giveaway, having written a few articles about it on my…
Still Struggling A Bit But Trying….Giveaway Reminder!
Originally posted on Happymeerkatreviews:
Thank you to everyone who commented on my previous blog post. Honestly…I’m still struggling at the moment which is why I felt unable to answer individual comments but I really appreciate all the support. I’m still struggling especially as other things have happened recently but I am here to give a last…
The Best Kind of Bot: The New Yorker’s Poetry Bot
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
As many of you know, I am a poetry nerd, which is why I am incredibly excited to share The New Yorker’s new Poetry Bot. By following the Bot on Twitter or Facebook Messenger, people can receive excerpts from different poems every day for the next three months. The poems have been…
Book Thieves Just Did Something Remarkable
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
Three book thieves just completed an incredible heist. As my British readers may already know, some of the most expensive and rare books in the entire world were stolen from a London warehouse this past January. The thieves made off with over 160 books collectively worth around $2.5 million. But…
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