Author Archives: Lindsay

Pricing Strategies for Ebooks in a Series

I’m about to release the third book in my Dragon Blood series (the opening chapters of the first book are here if anyone is curious), and I have some advertisements scheduled this week for the first. Since this is officially … Continue reading

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New Authors, Should You Self Publish or Seek a Traditional Publishing Deal?

Since I’ve been self-publishing for three and a half years now, and it’s all I ever did, it’s hard for me to imagine what things would have been like if I’d been dead-set on finding an agent and publishing traditionally. … Continue reading

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How to Create, Publish, and Market an Anthology (and why you’d want to) with J.M. Ney-Grimm

Hi, I’m J.M. Ney-Grimm. I write fantasy with a Norse twist. I love writing novellas, but I also produce short stories and novels. This year I edited – and contributed a story to – the indie anthology Quantum Zoo. I … Continue reading

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Book Promotion When Time Is Limited — What’s Most Worth Doing?

A blog reader sent me a note asking what I would do to promote a series like my Emperor’s Edge if I was starting from scratch and had an hour a day to work on the marketing side of things. … Continue reading

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For New Indie Authors: What I Would Do if I Were Starting Today

Sometimes when you give publishing and marketing advice on your blog, you get a little resistance from new self publishers. But you’ve been doing this for 3+ years. You have a fan base already. You have heaps of books out … Continue reading

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Google Play — Should You Be Uploading Your Ebooks There?

As a self-publisher, I’ve been a big proponent of putting my ebooks in as many of the major markets as possible. Since there are already so many places where we can’t appear (such as all those thousands of physical bookstores), … Continue reading

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Increasing Visibility on Amazon with the Big-Fish-Small-Pond Strategy

If you’re hand-selling your books by directing people to Amazon, one at a time (or perhaps in an occasional clump through buying a sponsorship on a blog/forum/mailing list), you might feel that you’re constantly pushing a boulder up a hill, … Continue reading

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Deathmaker Now Available — Preview Chapters Here

Deathmaker, the new fantasy/steampunk adventure in the Balanced on the Blade’s Edge, world is ready to go. It’s available at Amazon | Smashwords | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | iBooks When Lieutenant Caslin Ahn joined Wolf Squadron, she was … Continue reading

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