December 2011
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Self-publishing tips: ebooks
I recently wrote a long email to a friend who is looking to publish his first novel as as an ebook and asked me for some tips. Over 1600 words later, it dawned on me that other people might find this information helpful, so here’s a slightly edited version. This deals exclusively with publishing ebooks only. I may write up a similar resource for self-publishing paper copies.  Copyright,...
Dec 12th
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KDP Select - Nothing Good for Indie Authors
Recently, Amazon.com announced its KDP Select program. This allows authors who publish ebooks directly in Amazon’s Kindle Store to enrol their books in Amazon’s Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. According to Amazon “[t]he Kindle Owners’ Lending Library is a collection of books that Amazon Prime members who own a kindle can borrow once a month, with no due...
Dec 8th
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IndieGoGo Campaign Update
Almost halfway there! The fundraising campaign for the release of The Beauty of Our Weapons is almost halfway funded. I’m busy working on layout, editing and getting everything ready for the print versions and I’m hoping to have a preliminary cover design to show you all soon. One of the limited rewards just got snapped up, so if you had your eye on one, you’d better get on...
Dec 5th
My drabble (100 word story) "Homecoming" is up at... →
Dec 1st