Category Archives: E-publishing

The Next Fantasy Series Will Be…

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Lindsay

My Star Kingdom sci-fi series will keep me busy for the rest of the year (I just sent Book 4 off to my editor, and I think there will end up being around eight in the series), but I like … Continue reading →

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Collaborating with Other Authors on a New Fantasy Project

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Lindsay

Over the last few years, I’ve had a number of people ask me if I would like to collaborate on novels, and my response has always been (out loud), “Thanks, but I’m too busy right now” and (inside) “Why the … Continue reading →

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Streamlining Your Writing, Publishing, and Marketing Process to Become a More Profitable Author

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Lindsay

2016 was a tough year for a lot of indie authors, with people reporting everything from flawed reporting and not getting credit for page reads in Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited program to no longer being able to get Bookbub ads to … Continue reading →

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How to Successfully “Genre Hop” as an Author

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Lindsay

If you’re an indie author, you’ve probably heard this advice: write in a series and publish often. If you genre hop, your readers won’t follow you. If you have too many series going at once, you’ll struggle to build momentum … Continue reading →

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Ebook Marketing Strategies for 2015 — What Will Work?

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Lindsay

Lately, there have been quite a few people blogging about how 2014 was the year of the quitter, when it comes to independent authors, or that it was, at the least, the year that things got tougher. In the last couple of years, … Continue reading →

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Pricing Strategies for Ebooks in a Series

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Lindsay

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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Ebook Pricing: What You Think Your Book Is Worth vs. The Point at Which It Will Make the Most Money

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Lindsay

In the indie author world, there are few topics as hotly debated as that of ebook pricing. You don’t have to spend long on a self-publishing forum to hear all sorts of advice: Don’t price too low or it shows … Continue reading →

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Ebooks, Word Count, and Marketing the Stand-Alone Novel (or should one book become two?)

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Lindsay

I’ve always preferred to read and write novel-length fiction, but the ebook has brought back the short story, the novella, and the serial (among other things), story formats that were never that practical outside of magazines (and even then, it … Continue reading →

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