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I’m sure I’ve made some of these mistakes in trying to market my books. But I’m not evil. Just stupid. Ahem. Sometimes.
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11/13/2011 • 8:46 PM 0
The Amazing Frankie
11/11/2011 • 10:14 AM 0
A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing: Guest Post by Barry Eisler
11/09/2011 • 5:16 PM 0
Could Amazon’s Lending Library End in Court?
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As more information has come to light about the Lending Library program Amazon launched last week, the tenor in the industry has shifted from one of puzzlement to anger.
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11/09/2011 • 9:36 AM 0
How Many People Can *Really* Make a Living Self-Publishing? | Lindsay Buroker
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As I’ve mentioned in previous posts (3 Reasons I’m Glad I Chose Self-Publishing, Why Self-Publishing Is So Popular Right Now), e-publishing and the growing…
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11/05/2011 • 10:44 AM 3
When’s the Right Time to Leave Your Big Six Publisher? | Jane Friedman
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If you have backlist books that you can reclaim your rights to, it might be time to relaunch those works on your own—and start earning much higher royalties than what your Big Six publisher will pay.
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11/03/2011 • 5:32 PM 2
Amazon Won’t Pay Self-Published Author For Books It Mistakenly Gave Away
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Amazon’s self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing, has a rule: If you use it to publish a book, and then sell that same book on another site at a lower price, KDP retains the right to drop the price of your book in the Kindle Store too. Whether that’s fair or not, it’s in the KDP Terms and Conditions that users agree to. But what happens if Amazon makes a mistake and gives away over 6,000 copies of your book for free? One self-published author found out, in a saga that is only today nearing conclusion.
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10/28/2011 • 2:10 PM 0
On the death of book publishers and other middlemen
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As Amazon and other e-book distributors like Kobo transform themselves into publishers, does that mean traditional publishers are extinct? No.
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10/26/2011 • 9:48 AM 0
Ebook cards for selling ebooks | TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics
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Sounds like a great idea. Publetariat has an article on this today: Publetariat welcomes author Cheri Lasota.
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10/25/2011 • 9:07 AM 0
A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing: Guest Post by Jeffrey J. Mariotte
10/23/2011 • 10:00 PM 1
Why I Might Stop Self-Publishing Paperbacks
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September was a pretty hectic month at Catherine Self-Publishing HQ. Although I’d set the (purely decorative) release date for Backpacked as September 5th and the release date for Results Not Typic…
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