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50 Shades of Self-publishing

50 Shades of Self-publishing

Okay, so maybe there aren’t fifty shades, but I’ve yet to do a “50-shades of gray” take-off in a blog post so this seemed like a good time to play that card. The fact is that there are many different types of self-publishers a... Read More »

Oh How the Times Have Changed

Oh How the Times Have Changed

I spend a lot of time on author forums trying to Keep up with changes that are going on in publishing industry Do what I can to tell other writers what I have learned It’s amazing to me that whenever someone mentions they are about to take th... Read More »

Epic Fantasy Analysis April 8, 2013

Epic Fantasy Analysis April 8, 2013

This is the sixth in the series and is from data as of 4/08/2013. Links to review previous data: 01/03/2013 01/24/2013 02/17/2013 03/03/2013 03/14/2013 As always this data comes from the   Amazon Kindle Epic Fantasy Bestseller List. For readers, yo... Read More »

Demystifying Contracts #3: Novels – Discounted Royalties

Demystifying Contracts #3: Novels – Discounted Royalties

This will be my fourth installment about contracts. For reference you can also refer to: Demystifying Contracts #1: Novels – Ownership vs Rights Transfer Demystifying Contracts #2: Novels – Territories Pulling Back the Publishing Veil: Life of Copy... Read More »

Demystifying Contracts #2: Novels – Territories

Demystifying Contracts #2: Novels – Territories

This will be my third installment about contracts. For reference you can also refer to: Demystifying Contracts #1: Novels – Ownership vs Rights Transfer Pulling Back the Publishing Veil: Life of Copyright Terms As we learned in #1 you never (or... Read More »

Pulling back the publishing veil

Pulling Back the Publishing Veil: Life of Copyright Terms

There has been much talk this week about the contract terms of Random House’s new digital imprints. John Scalzi, president of the SFWA has had several posts on his his blog and Hydra’s (that’s the digital only science fiction and fa... Read More »

Epic Fantasy Analysis March 14, 2013

Epic Fantasy Analysis March 14, 2013

This is the fifth in the series and is from data as of 3/14/2013. Links to review previous data: 01/03/2013 01/24/2013 02/17/2013 03/03/2013   As always this data comes from the   Amazon Kindle Epic Fantasy Bestseller List. For readers, you... Read More »

Hybrid Authors: The Best of Both Worlds

Hybrid Authors: The Best of Both Worlds

I’ve been exclusively published through a small press. I’ve been exclusively self-published. I’ve been exclusively traditionally published. But I’m about to go “hybrid” and I think it offers the best of both worlds... Read More »

Three is a Magic Number

Three is a Magic Number

Yes, I’m old enough to remember “Schoolhouse Rock” and that ditty, along with “Conjunction Junction,” still is taking up storage space for reasons I’m not 100% sure of. But I agree with creator David McCall that th... Read More »

Epic Fantasy Analysis March 3, 2013

Epic Fantasy Analysis March 3, 2013

This is the fourth in the series and is from data as of 3/03/2013. Links to review previous data: 01/03/2013 01/24/2013 02/17/2013   As always this data comes from the   Amazon Kindle Epic Fantasy Bestseller List. For readers, you’ll be ... Read More »

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