There are many good books out there but I am having trouble finding them. Ever since I came across Jess C. Scott’s teenage blog novel, Eyeleash, I’ve known that some very talented writers will emerge from the epublishing revolution. The trouble is, so many bad ones are overwhelming them. The marketing tactics used by some [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Are you afraid of the beasts in the Amazon jungle?
Posted in Reading, tagged amazon, beasts, book blogger, EyeLeash, Henry James, indie authors, Jane Austen, Jess C. Scott, jungle, Stephen King, Vanessa Wu on October 16, 2011 | 5 Comments »
How to get lucky with Amazon’s algorithms
Posted in Free speech, Writing, tagged Amanda Hocking, amazon, book marketing, epublishing, indie authors, J.A. Konrath, John Locke, Kindle, Scott Nicholson, self-promotion on October 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I have not written very much in my blog recently because I’ve been busy reading. Mainly I’ve been reading a lot of self-published authors. Not just their books. Their internet articles too. It seems to me that self-published authors have to write about 1,000 free words for every 100 words they want you to buy. [...]
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