10/25/2012 • 5:11 PM 1
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While on vacation a couple weeks ago, I made the decision to go with indie publishing. I’ve sent out somewhere from 20-30 agents in the last 3 months, most with the generic “No, thanks&…
After 20 – 30 agents, she’s not jumping the gun. Best of luck Liz Long! Another writer joins the self-publishing ranks! ~ Chazz
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10/23/2012 • 3:35 PM 1
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Amazon’s KDP exclusivity clause is completely unnecessary, says Smashwords founder Mark Coker, and causes harm to authors and Amazon’s competitors.
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10/23/2012 • 10:26 AM 0
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For most writers, anonymity is the biggest hurdle they face. The open nature of digital distribution can be a double-edged sword; there are 1.1 million titles in the Kindle Store after all. While t…
A great post about maximizing our sales on Amazon. Once again I must indulge my man-crush on author David Gaughran. He breaks down an aspect of Amazon ranking most people don’t know much about. Learn at the link! ~ Chazz
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10/22/2012 • 8:00 AM 1
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More expensive titles continue to sell more e-books than their cheaper counterparts.
Christmas is coming. Will you change the price on your books? The bestseller lists by price point at the bottom of this link’s post are also interesting. ~ Chazz
See on www.digitalbookworld.com
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10/20/2012 • 12:02 PM 4
Your stock of books are doors to your literary house. The more doors you have, the more points of entry you give to potential readers. More is better. More
An electric ceiling fan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
multiplies opportunities for readers to discover you. Please don’t ask us all to squeeze in one door. Some authors bet they are Harper Lee and one book will take them on a To Kill a Mockingbird rocket ride to the top. It doesn’t work.
For example, I know a nice guy. You probably know one, too. The nice guy I’m thinking of published a novel more than a decade ago. He pushed that one book hard to little success. Recently, I noticed that he’s still pushing it. It’s not that you should give up on a novel’s eventual success in the market. With ebooks, the market is forever, or at least until the sun explodes or the zombies rise. But this good dude has nothing else to sell so he’s presenting a tiny target. That’s good on the battlefield and tragic in the marketplace.
And suppose a bunch of people did like that one book? Then what? They say, “I bought your book! Loved it. What else have you written that I could buy and read and love and spread the word about?”
Silence. Lost opportunity. Lost income. Despair. A rope knotted in a noose tied to a ceiling fan. A tipped chair in a dark room.
This author is a smart and talented guy, so he must have more to say. Somehow, he hasn’t managed to write another book and he’s still hoping readers will line up for that one special book. Unfortunately, the book’s not that special. He’s special. I’m not giving up on him, but he has to write and publish more books.
Being nice and smart and talented isn’t enough.
Write. Publish. Ship. Deliver. Deliver braingasms.
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10/18/2012 • 11:24 AM 5
Read my interview and enter to win free ebooks on Jo Michael’s blog today. I get to talk about ninja monkeys, social media and
First it was kale shakes. Buttered bulletproof coffee is next!
what’s next for me, my hit man and all the people we’re going to kill together.
On AllThatChazz.com, I’ve got:
1. An article for you on drinking coffee to lose weight and growing your brain.
2. A podcast of one of my favorite chapters from Bigger Than Jesus. It’s dark and creepy and action-packed and, if you haven’t slipped into the warm pool of sexual chocolate that is my first crime novel, you can listen to this stand alone chapter to get the flavor of my Cuban hit man’s scary childhood. You even find out Jesus’s full name.
3. Check the video to get your first sneak peek of the sexy cover for Higher Than Jesus (launching next week!).
4. I got some unexpected, teary inspiration from Here Comes the Boom! Flick your switch and be more Rogan.
5. While you’re perusing the many podcast and book offerings at AllThatChazz.com, please do sign up for my newsletter. I won’t pester you, but when you sign up (on the left by my stylish photo), you’re up for giveaways and news about what’s exciting at Ex Parte Press. I’m releasing five books this fall, so lots of fun is on the way.
UPDATE: Forgot to mention, if you sign up for my newsletter, your website gets a free mention on the All That Chazz podcast. Also, for a couple more days, I’m still taking “Praise for ChazzWrites.com” for two upcoming books about writing and publishing, inspired by and boiled down from this blog. One happy blog review gets you in the books along with a plug for your book! Jump on it!
Excelsior!
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10/17/2012 • 8:44 PM 4
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e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2012 including covers by Damonza, Kit Foster, Matt Hinrichs, Jeroen ten Berge, Damon Freeman…
This site, thebokdesigner.com, is always instructive for what works and what doesn’t for a book cover. Note that my graphic designer, Kit Foster of KitFosterDesign.com won the e-book Cover Design Award for September in the Non-fiction category. The book is The Tao of Dating and I think the colors, typography and the yin/yang heart make this one a great cover!
Congrats, Kit!
~ Chazz
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10/17/2012 • 4:52 PM 1
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If you’re the kind of writer who prefers being read and selling your work as opposed to being an unknown starving writer (who doesn’t?), here are 50 quick, simple ways to launch your platform into action and climb your way to success.
Nice list. Could be useful. ~ Chazz
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10/13/2012 • 5:51 PM 2
…in two of my upcoming books, all you have to do is give me one happy line about ChazzWrites.com. (See the post below this one.)
In other news, a little post about Joe Rogan, inspiration, change and Here Comes the Boom from AllThatChazz.com.
Strap in! Here come the books!
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10/10/2012 • 5:45 AM 3
Aspiring writers and published authors interested in self-publishing read ChazzWrites.com. If you are a regular reader of this blog and find it helpful, I’m going to ask a favour. I need a happy quote from you about this blog, please. Those quotes I use will be in two books about writing I’ll release this fall. One happy line and your name is all I need. If you’re already an author, then please add the title of your latest book to your recommendation.
I’m boiling down the blog to the best of my posts from over 1,000 articles on ChazzWrites, revising and adding new material. It was originally going to be one book, but that changed at 5 a.m. today (and that story is a different blog post.) Happy and snappy quotes from regular blog readers will go into the front matter. Something along the lines of “ChazzWrites.com helped me with…” or “I read ChazzWrites because…” or “I like…” Something like that. Drooling in ecstasy is optional but appreciated.
Whether you’re just published (trad or indie), aspiring to write a book one day or have published dozens of books, I’d love to hear from you.
Help me out with this and not only will you be in the front of the books, I’ll also mention you (and your book) on the AllThatChazz podcast.
Thanks very much for your help.
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