Scath | June 13, 2010
Hah, good luck! This is going to be one of your worst trials as an independent author. Trust me on that. I’m betting most indie authors do spend some time reading other indies’ blogs when they post about their sales. I do. I’m always on the look out to see what prices ebooks are being [...]
Category: Self-Pubbing |
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Tags: Amazon, books, e-books, ebook pricing, promotion, readers, sales, self publishing, Smashwords, word counts, writing
Scath | June 9, 2010
This is a series I’m writing under the pen name, Victoria Collins. Why I chose a pen name can be read about in the interview posted at Culinary Carnivale. I have four parts written and three of those are published at both Smashwords and Amazon. They are DRM free regardless of which site you purchase them [...]
Category: Released |
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Tags: Amazon, contemporary fantasy, DRM free, e-books, paranormal, romance, self publishing, Smashwords
Scath | June 8, 2010
The idea of being able to distribute ebooks through Smashwords to others, such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony & Apple is an awesome one. I was really excited about it. Not so much now. See, Amazon has it in the DTP TOS that you can’t price your ebooks lower there than anywhere else you [...]
Category: Self-Pubbing |
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Tags: Amazon, Babble, e-books, Smashwords
Scath | June 4, 2010
I was trying to think of something useful to post about today, and this is what I decided on. Things I’ve seen repeatedly concerning ebooks: They cost next to nothing to produce, or nothing at all except the writer’s time and effort They aren’t worth as much as physical books, plus DRM infection, blah, blah, [...]
Category: Self-Pubbing |
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Tags: Amazon, cover art, DRM free, e-books, Goals, readers, self publishing, Smashwords, word counts, writers
Scath | May 21, 2010
I’ve dropped the price on Tria’s Tale and Dark Cravings to 99 cents until the end of May (possibly longer, we’ll see how it goes!). Price change is effective immediately through my Kiqlo store & at Smashwords. Amazon will take 24 hours or so. Tria’s Tale Word Count: 33, 513 Price: $ 4.99 $0.99 Tria [...]
Category: Self-Pubbing |
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Tags: Amazon, DRM free, e-books, felinoids, Katarr, scifi, Smashwords, vampires, werewolves