Kathryn sent in this NPR piece by Lynn Neary on ebook pricing, which references this even more detailed and in-depth NY Times piece by Jason Epstein. I’ve been looking into ebook pricing. Kindle, of course, is racking up “best sellers” that turn out to sell for $.99 or even go… Read more“Pricing ebooks for the reader, the writer, or the publisher?”
Digitizing books, expanding your mind?
I should have asked you guys your opinions a long time ago. You have been really amazing about the whole book cover issue. I’m sorry—I’m a slow learner. I promise to do better in the future. So today I’m going to ask your opinions on a subject discussed intelligently and… Read more“Digitizing books, expanding your mind?”
Voting AGAIN
All right, everyone. You’ve been so great. But I need a final vote. We added a fourth option in the post below, based on your comments on what works and what doesn’t in the other three, and keeping in mind that at least one word has to be readable in… Read more“Voting AGAIN”
Voting on my book cover
Okay, guys. I need your help. We’ve been tinkering with the cover. This is one of the beauties of indie publishing (although I’ve been advised today that that’s a misleading term. . .authors who publish themselves are, technically, self-publishers and small publishers who publish other people are indie—although unless you… Read more“Voting on my book cover”
Editing my own book, today on She Writes
My guest post on She Writes for today is on the editing of THE ART & CRAFT OF FICTION. How’s it going? Well, it’s going. . .
Sharing WIPS, or The Milk of Human Kindness
I have a guest post up at the Literary Lab today. Have you lost friends to critiquing? Are you afraid someday you will?
Bob Spear: the third self-publishing interview
Bob Spear is a long-time bokstore owner, book reviewer & packager, and self-published author. Bob has published 11 books of nonfiction and is working on five mysteries to be self-published soon. He currently blogs about his venture back into the world of self-publishing with his latest mystery, Quad Delta. First—why… Read more“Bob Spear: the third self-publishing interview”
Getting into indie publishing
I’m reproducing here a blog post I wrote about indie pubishing as a guest blogger on She Writes. You’ll all recognize the reference to Pamela. I spent yesterday morning in a fascinating conversation, a twenty-minute interview that ballooned into an hour and a half. I was talking to She Writes… Read more“Getting into indie publishing”
Sample Copy, Line, & Developmental Editing
The samples below are Free Edits from two different Free Edit Specials I’ve done. The first section are edits of the novel CLIMAX, and the second section are edits of the novel HOOK.
Quoting the youngest writer in my house
“Hey, Mom! I just got done planning a book about relativity. I outlined 20 chapters, and I’m going to write them all. I even came up with chapter titles. And you’re going to love it, because it’s full of faux resolutions.”