The news has been abuzz the past week or two over the Hachette/Amazon dispute. The two are negotiating a contract, and Amazon, in what some are calling heavy-handed moves that hurts authors and consumers, has stopped stocking as many Hachette books (so customers have to wait 2-3 weeks for books to ship); stopped discounting Hachette […]
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Happy Tuesday to you. Just a quick post today, and it’s all about Google. First up, for any authors out there, I wrote a post for Indies Unlimited on adding your books to the Google Play Store. That’s here. Second, because the Google Play Store setup is a complicated process, KS Brooks wrote a follow-up
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Hello all. I’m back from my vacation in Phoenix. While I’m still feeling a little out of sorts time-wise (it’s three hours earlier there), I’m glad to be back. While I was away, I got some good news: Life First has been awarded the BRAG Medallion! The BRAG Medallion is open only to independently published books,
Life First has something to BRAG about! Read More »
Last week, I gave a couple of the highlights of the publishing section of the Virginia Festival of the Book (which I attended in March). One of the sessions I attended, How to Succeed in the Author Business by Really Trying had two publicity experts there: Sharyn Rosenblum a vice president at Willliam Morrow who
Indie Marketing may be able to Slash Timeline a bit Read More »
I mentioned that over the weekend I attended the Virginia Festival of the Book. If you’re into books, authors or publishing in general, I’d definitely recommend you go in the future. The nice thing about the conference is it’s mostly free (there are some food-involving sessions–lunches and brunches– that require a fee, but the sessions
Gatekeeping is Dead … and Other Book Festival Tidbits Read More »
Happy Monday! I had a lovely time at the Virginia Festival of the Book over the weekend. I also saw my supercool in-laws. I got to eat at Michie Tavern (pronounced Micky, like the mouse), which serves an awesome Southern buffet. (KD brought us seconds and was very nice.) I’ll write a couple of posts about
Giving My Baby Some Love Read More »
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