May Sales
May was the first month of my self-publishing adventure. I have one short story out. In May I had 3 sales at .99 cents in Amazon US, none in the UK or DE stores. Also zero sales at B&N. The … Continue reading →
Tuesday Links
Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath were over at the Kindleboards Writer’s Cafe last week, and they promised another edition of their continuing discussions about publishing and self-publishing. It should be out sometime today. They have a lot to say about … Continue reading →
Tuesday Links
It’s a new week, and with the browser issues settled at last, let’s return to hopping around the Internet. • The big news going around is that Amazon plans to accept books in the Epub format. Epub is used by … Continue reading →
Firefox issues
I’ll have links tomorrow. Today I finally figured out why I couldn’t edit my Categories under Kindle Direct Publishing. Firefox (4.0.1) was unable to clear its cache, apparently because somehow the cache was larger than reported and even larger than … Continue reading →
Monday Links
Well, after a rainy weekend spent reading and wandering the Internet, I’ve got another list of interesting links for you to take a look at. As usual lately, the world of self-publishing is a busy place. • The big buzz … Continue reading →
The Long Tail
In writing about the new wave of self-publishing, stories tend to get very excited over the potential for success and the ways in which self-publishers are capturing readers for books that traditional publishers didn’t want. But the stories often ignore … Continue reading →
Last Night goes live!
Last Night is now available for the Nook at Barnes & Noble, and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, as well as for Amazon UK, and in the new Amazon store for Germany. It’s very exciting to see! Now, on to … Continue reading →
Formatting without panic
Well, Last Night finally published on Amazon, but for some reason my very carefully formatted paragraph indents did not come through correctly, so everything is flush left. I can’t believe it. Over on the KDP boards, everyone complains because Amazon … Continue reading →
Last Night on Smashwords
And Last Night, the first Clary Books production, is live on Smashwords. I hope to finish the HTML for the Kindle version today and post it there as well. Then: Pubit. Then: on to more writing! Formatting for Smashwords was … Continue reading →
Monday Links
Happy Monday, friends! This is the week I plan to publish my first self-pubbed e-story. I’ve been muddling about with the bio and blurbs and will finish soon. In the meantime, some news from around the ‘net: • You may … Continue reading →