Author Archives: Lindsay

Pros and Cons of Writing a Series

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Lindsay

If you’re an author and you started out thinking you’d publish traditionally (i.e. find an agent who would then find you a huge multi-book contract with a major publisher, thus ensuring you could quit your day job and write full … Continue reading →

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Indie Fantasy Author Ronnell Porter Uses Free Ebook to Break out

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Lindsay

The last indie author I interviewed was doing well for himself after deciding to give Book 1 in his series away for free on Amazon, B&N, etc. Today we have another author who went from a couple of sales a … Continue reading →

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5 Tips for Bringing More Readers to Your Blog

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Lindsay

I stumbled into the #fantasychat on Twitter the other day, and the topic was “How to get more readers to your blog.” Whether you’re an author, hoping to attract folks who might buy your books, or you’re just trying to … Continue reading →

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Should Authors Comment on Reviews of Their Books?

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Lindsay

A couple of weeks ago, we wondered, “Should Authors Be Amazon Reviewers?” and that spurred some interesting discussion in the comments section. Another question authors may be curious about is whether or not they should respond to reviews of their … Continue reading →

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Short Stories vs. Short Story Collections–Which Sell Better?

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Lindsay

As we’ve discussed before, there are no rules about minimum word count when it comes to ebooks. You can publish a 150,000-word novel or you can publish a 5,000-word short story, and anything above, below, and in between is up … Continue reading →

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Nicholas Taylor Finds Success Through Giving Away a Free Ebook [Interview]

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Lindsay

We’ve chatted about pricing the first ebook in a series at 99 cents or even giving it away for free as a way to get readers to check out your work (and, we hope, go on to buy the rest … Continue reading →

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Interview with…Me: 1,800 Ebooks Sold in June and Other E-Publishing Topics

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Lindsay

I’ve hosted quite a few interviews with indie authors over the last few months, and, in a narcissistic fit, I thought I’d “interview” myself today. The questions have either come through the contact form on this site or via blog … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from the Next Flash Gold Steampunk Adventure

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Lindsay

I’ll get back to e-pub chit chat highly informative blog posts on e-publishing after the holiday weekend, but I thought I’d share a little snippet from my latest project today. I just sent the story off to beta readers, so … Continue reading →

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