Author Archives: Lindsay

Refunds for Amazon Ebook Sales, Should You Be Worried?

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Lindsay

When I first started selling ebooks on Amazon, I don’t remember noticing a “refunds” column. Then, as I started selling more books, a number appeared there. What? Someone returned one of my ebooks? How could they? Actually, I just shrugged … Continue reading →

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Cover Art for Hunted (Flash Gold 2)

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Lindsay

I’ve been talking about the sequel to Flash Gold on Twitter for the last couple of weeks, and I’ve finally sent it off for editing, so I should get it back and have it online in another week or two. … Continue reading →

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3 Reasons I’m Glad I Chose Self-Publishing

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Lindsay

Last December, I was about an hour from uploading The Emperor’s Edge (my first full-length ebook) on Smashwords when I received an email from a literary agent. I hadn’t actually bothered with the querying process, but I’d won a critique … Continue reading →

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A Podcast as a Brand Builder with W. Brondt Kamffer

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Lindsay

We have a guest post today from up-and-coming indie fantasy author, W. Brondt Kamffer, someone I’ve come to know through Twitter and his blog. He posts a mix of book reviews and podcast episodes, all geared toward his target audience: … Continue reading →

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So, You Want to Sell More Books at Amazon… [Part 3: Reviews]

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Lindsay

This is my third and last entry in my “So, You Want to Sell More Books at Amazon…” blog series. The first discusses how Amazon starts to promote your books internally once you sell enough copies and the second goes … Continue reading →

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So, You Want to Sell More Books at Amazon… [Part 2: Tags]

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Lindsay

The other day, I blogged about how Amazon starts to promote your books internally once you sell enough copies to get on their map. Today I want to talk about tagging and the role it may or may not play … Continue reading →

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So, You Want to Sell More Books at Amazon… [Part 1]

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Lindsay

Over the next few days, I’m going to attempt to answer some of the questions authors ask in regards to book sales (specifically selling more of their books) at Amazon. If there’s anything you’re wondering about that’s related to this … Continue reading →

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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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