Scath | July 5, 2010
Come November, I’ll have been at this indie author/self-publishing pursuit for three years. I don’t expect I’ll know much more about how it all works by then than I currently do, because it’s a puzzling business. Starting out with original fiction back in June 2007 (okay, there were a few instances prior to that, but [...]
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Tags: #webfic, Amazon, Babble, Challenges, e-books, Goals, readers, self publishing, Smashwords, word counts, writing
Scath | June 15, 2010
I’m curious not only if people pre-order ebooks, but what sort of incentive helps them to decide to. I have a fiction ebook (scifi) that will be released with a cover price of $6.95. (Grr, it cut off the first one: That’s ‘a coupon for 100% off to ‘buy’ it after official release in a variety [...]
Category: Self-Pubbing |
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Tags: Amazon, books, Challenges, DRM free, e-books, polls, self publishing, Smashwords
Scath | June 5, 2010
This entry may turn some people off because it’s going to look like I’m whining. I’m actually not; I’m trying to figure out the answer to my current puzzle. When I began writing fiction, the ultimate goal I had, and still have, was to earn money selling my ebooks. Not to the point of earning [...]
Category: Self-Pubbing |
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Tags: Babble, Challenges, e-books, promotion, readers, writing
Scath | April 30, 2010
Like everyone else, I’ve spent a couple of years paying attention to what the ‘experts’ say you should do in order to be a success online. Well, I got fed up with it yesterday and in the past 36 hours, I’ve deleted around 40 different accounts, many of them social media sites such as Facebook, [...]
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Tags: Babble, Challenges, Goals, Twitter
Scath | December 4, 2009
I’ve spent the morning attempting to puzzle out the dos and don’ts of writing a web fic. The Night Has Fallen trilogy is my chosen victim to this effort, although its fate is uncertain at this time. There are a few good reasons to consider writing a web fic, and they’re centered around giving a [...]
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Tags: Babble, Challenges, Goals, Installment Series, paranormal, readers, WIP, writers, writing