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Future of Books From Patterson to Gaiman
There’s a lot of discussion about the book business and changes affecting it in recent months and more specifically recently with James Patterson’s book future ad in the New York Times Review and in...
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Publishing – Choose Your Own Adventure
Remember that Choose Your Own Adventure book series? It was completely corny, but what a fun concept. You were the protagonist who got some story background, and then presented with a problem. Once you...
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Author Steps – Count Down to Self-Publishing
Take a look at the Count Down notice on the side of this blog. I’m putting the pressure on myself to get my novel finished so I can self-publish it this summer. There are those that may be curious as...
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Stephen King’s No Joy In E-Book Land
As I’m gearing up to self-publish with both e-book and paperback options, the news breaks today that Stephen King has made the decision to not provide an e-book option for his upcoming book Joyland. In...
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Digital versus Print Books – What Do Readers Prefer?
As a follow-up to the post about Stephen King’s choice to not offer an e-book for Joyland, I wanted to address the larger issue that King’s decision touches on. In most of the comments, there seemed to...
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Author Steps – Whooshing Deadlines for a Self-Publishing
When I added the calendar count down to a finished rough draft on the right, I envisioned myself in a virtual writer‘s garret for weeks on end with nothing but time to knock out my intended word count...
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Stephen King’s No Joy In E-Book Land
As I’m gearing up to self-publish with both e-book and paperback options, the news breaks today that Stephen King has made the decision to not provide an e-book option for his upcoming book Joyland. In...
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John Green Supports Booksellers With Passionate ABA Awards Speech
At BookExpo America (BEA) this year, the American Booksellers Association gave their “Celebration of Bookselling and Author Awards Lunch” and honored their winners of the 2013 Indie Choice and E.B....
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A Fantastic Response to Those Against Self-Publishing – That’s You, John...
So I’ve been traveling for the past few days, and will not be in my normal writing hovel for a while to come. In the meantime, there have been more responses to those stating their feelings against...
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Writers’ Round Up – Catching Up with the Publishing World
Howdy, Writers! It’s been a while, so I thought I’d do the re-entry to my blog through a round up. Hang onto your hats, because this one will cover some of the bigger things that have been influencing...
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What’s So Right About the Self-Publishing Podcast Guys
Two weeks ago, I stumbled onto the Self-Publishing Podcast website while searching for a writing podcast to listen to while cleaning up my house. I feel like I found the jackpot at the end of a double...
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View Collective Inkwell’s Author Hangout (And See Me)
Sean Platt and David Wright, both of the Self-Publishing Podcast, offered an Author Hangout on Wednesday, March 26 that focused on their works together under Collective Inkwell. I was one of the lucky...
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London Book Fair 2014 Welcomes Indie Authors Such As Hugh Howey & Liliana Hart
A year ago, I posted a transcription of Neil Gaiman’s 2013 London Book Fair speech with the video. Gaiman directly spoke about the changes to the publishing world. For some, it was a scary topic. For...
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