Or to put it another way… as an author, is it worth having your ebook for sale on multiple sites, or going exclusive with Amazon’s KDP Select programme? This is the question I’m going to discuss today based on my recent experience with Knight of Aslath. Selling your ebook on multiple platforms Before launching Knight of […]
It’s official. If you have followed this blog for a while you will probably have wondered where I have been lately. It’s been close to a year since my last post. In social media terms, that’s like being dead. Perhaps you thought I had given it all up and become a buddhist monk on some hilltop, […]
For my first (very, very late) post of 2011, I want to talk about an issue which has been bugging me for some time. I don’t know the answer, but I know it’s something we should all be very aware of, as writer, readers and anyone who uses the internet. What compelled me to write […]
Ever feel out of touch with what’s going on? Well that’s me this week. Pageflakes is down… again. It’s getting on for a week this time, and not a peep out of their corporate site to explain why! I realize at times like this just how important my daily blog and news hit has become to […]
The question of whether to self-publish or to go down the traditional route of agent/publisher has never been more difficult for a new author looking to make their mark. I remember in my teens reading about self publishing (often referred to as ‘vanity publishing’ at the time, and the phrase is still around). Back then […]
The doomsayers have been gathering recently, jockeying to be first in line, ready to announce the death of the printed book, mark the passing of an age. Let us all doff our caps to the humble printed book, they suggest. It is an outdated thing, symbol of a simpler, more innocent time, and we […]
I read an informative post by US literary agent Nathan Bransford this morning, on the rise of ebooks and how this could affect the publishing industry. It’s a topic I have been following for a while now, as I feel ebooks, and the role of technology are really starting to make their presence felt. I believe we are […]