Category Archives: E-publishing

Ebook Pricing: How Much Is too Much?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Lindsay

Last week, we looked at reasons why new, independent authors often feel they need to price their novel-length ebooks at 99 cents (and why they probably shouldn’t). Perhaps as a backlash against all those 99-cent ebooks, and the fact that … Continue reading →

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Should You Price Ebooks at 99 Cents When You’re a New, Unknown Author?

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Lindsay

Pricing is one of the most hotly debated topics in the e-publishing world. Traditional publishers and self-publishers alike are trying to figure the magic number for ebooks, and the big kahunas (i.e. Amazon) are applying pressure by making it more … Continue reading →

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Serial Books Selling Like Hotcakes for Indie Author Brondt Kamffer

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Lindsay

Early on in my e-publishing career (ya know, last year), I realized there was no reason to limit oneself to full-length novels when it comes to ebooks. In the print world, the economics of book binding might dictate that stories … Continue reading →

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Are More Authors Than You Think Making a Living Self-Publishing?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Lindsay

About this time last year, I wrote up a blog post detailing how I was doing, financially speaking, on my new e-publishing endeavor (I got my start in December of 2010). When it came to ebook earnings, my grand total … Continue reading →

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Stay Independent or Sign on with a Publisher?

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Lindsay

In the fourteen or fifteen months I’ve been involved with the self-publishing scene, I’ve heard of quite a few independent authors being picked up by major publishers. In some cases, they were noticed and in other cases, they decided to … Continue reading →

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Ebook Pricing for Short Stories and Novellas?

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Lindsay

As we’ve talked about before (How Well Does Short Fiction Sell in Ebook Form? and Novellas and Short Stories — Ebooks Not Just for Novels), there are no rules when it comes to word count on ebooks. I enjoy writing … Continue reading →

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Ebook Pricing: Why 99 Cents Might Be a Mistake for You

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Lindsay

A lot of new independent authors will e-publish their first novels and set the price to 99 cents, thinking that’s where they have to be because they’re unknown authors. Then they’ll go out and promote the heck out of their … Continue reading →

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What Can We Learn from JA Konrath’s $140,000 E-Publishing Sales Month?

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Lindsay

If you’re at all into self-publishing or e-publishing, you’ve probably heard of J.A. Konrath. He was one of the first authors to turn his back on the traditional publishing system and start enrolling his new titles (and old ones where … Continue reading →

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