Let’s play a game. Look at this cover. Upon looking at this cover, can you tell me: What genre is the book? What is the age category? What is the book about? It’s very difficult to do, isn’t it? That’s because this is a bad cover. I personally really like… Read More »How NOT to make a cover that sells
Paint the Roses Red is out! It’s the fifth book in the Looking Glass Saga and it will be available at a discount until the end of the month. Be sure to get your copy now! Time is running out. Alice only has one year left to win her bet with… Read More »Paint the Roses Red is out!
This is post 13 of 13 in the series “Publishing Process” While getting your book into the hands of readers is a great way to convince people to take a chance on your books, there is one more thing that you have to still do in order to increase your… Read More »Marketing: Getting Reviews
This is post 12 of 13 in the series “Publishing Process” So if I don’t like doing the social media thing, what do I do for marketing? What is the thing I’ve tried that actually ends up selling me enough books to buy a coffee or two a month? Paid services… Read More »Marketing: Paid Services and Free Stuff
This is post 11 of 13 in the series “Publishing Process” Okay. So. Marketing. Let’s get one thing straight. I am not someone to come to for marketing advice. I am awful at marketing, largely because it makes me very uncomfortable. There’s plenty of places that will tell you that… Read More »Marketing: The Numbers, Social Media, and Mailing Lists
This is post 10 of 13 in the series “Publishing Process” These guys are… new. They are super new. It seems to me that they were originally a service just for small press companies that has decided to now try to capitalize on the indie market. Which I have no… Read More »Distribution: PublishDrive
This is post 9 of 13 in the series “Publishing Process” The next place I go to is Draft2Digital.1 This one just does distribution without a storefront, but it has some pretty fantastic extras. Which we will get into. But first, guess what I have to do again! File preparation… Read More »Distribution: Draft2Digital
This is post 8 of 13 in the series “Publishing Process” So, I go wide, and the first place you want to check out when you’re thinking of going wide is going to be Smashwords. It’s not only another sales channel on its own, but it will distribute your books… Read More »Distribution: Smashwords
This is post 6 of 13 in the series “Publishing Process” Let’s get one thing straight. Amazon is just… awful as a company. The’ve put a bit of a stranglehold on a lot of the online publishing industry and keep trying to make things worse so that they can make… Read More »Distribution: Amazon
This is post 5 of 13 in the series “Publishing Process” Okay, so when I said that next was the fun stuff I… lied. Kind of. See, I’ve changed my process lately, and I’ve decided to put all of my new books out in print. This means that getting print… Read More »Distribution: Createspace