Tag Archives: ebooks

Creating, Publishing, and Marketing a Multi-Author Bundle

After a three-month hiatus, I’m back with a new walking podcast. There were quite a few things I could have talked about, since I’ve published a couple of new novels this summer (and I do babble about my new pen … Continue reading

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

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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The Art of the Amazon Sale: Improving Rankings, Selling More Books, and Gaining Exposure

I’m not a master marketer. I never hand someone a business card unless they ask, I rarely plug my titles on Twitter and Facebook, and if I had to sell my books face-to-face I doubt I’d have moved more than … Continue reading

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The Fussy Librarian: A New Book Recommendation Site (and advertising option)

As authors, we’re always trying to find ways to get the word out about our work, and as readers, we’re always looking for good new books to try. The Fussy Librarian is a new site that offers a little of … Continue reading

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New Urban Fantasy Available — “Torrent” (Rust & Relics, 1) Blurb and Excerpt

I’ve been chatting it up on Twitter and Facebook, but here’s the official announcement: Torrent, the first book in a contemporary urban fantasy series, is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and Kobo (Apple to follow in about a … Continue reading

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New Author Series: Novellas vs. Novels, How to Finish Your First Novel, and Pricing

I’ve had a handful of emails related to writing in this last week or two, and I thought I’d answer a couple of them here as well as in email for others who might be interested. I figure if one … Continue reading

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