From Rick: This week’s post will be a short one from my perspective, but it will provide you with some good reading material and hopefully some good insights. We’re over ten years into indie publishing, and it’s safe to say
Read moreFrom Rick: I had a different post planned for this week, but in the middle of the week, Kris Rusch grabbed me with an excellent her post on her blog. I know I mention her a lot on this blog,
Read moreFrom Rick: This week I’m going to post something different from what I had planned in order to bring your attention to an article that is highly significant for all indie authors out there. It talks about some potentially serious
Read more(1) Bookstores, and Barnes & Noble in particular. In case you haven’t heard the news about B&N being up for sale, here’s Kris Rusch’s take on it and on bookstores in general and how they have applied to authors. Once
Read moreSelf-publishing perspectives 2015 From Rick: As we begin 2015, I thought it would be good to provide encouragement and some warnings to writers. First the encouragement. Some prophets of doom are predicting that the self-publishing boom is over for indie
Read moreHere’s our round-up of thoughts from 2011. From Rick: November 19, 2007–Amazon introduced the first Kindle (was it really that long ago?), and the revolution began. Sure, e-books existed long before that. Check out this Wikipedia article. But most folks
Read moreAND PUTS MANY OTHERS ON NOTICE” From Rick: That’s not a headline we’d ever expect to see. Yet, the strange thing is that this event has actually happened numerous times. For those not familiar with how many traditional publishing contracts
Read moreFrom Scott: Throughout the course of these blog posts, Rick and I will be offering advice and tips on the process of becoming a published author. This particular entry will discuss some of the benefits, disadvantages, and risks of working
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