Author Career / Book Promotion / business of writing / Future of Publishing / Products
by Beth Barany · Published April 4, 2014 · Last modified April 1, 2014
To take the greatest advantage of the technology of the 21st Century a tool some authors are turning to is Kickstarter. Kickstarter is a virtual place where authors, musicians, app developers, inventors and others go to recruit people to support their creative project.
Welcome back to guest writer, fantasy author Gail Z. Martin. Today Gail discusses the supposed publishing apocalypse and how to survive it! Enjoy! *** The Hawthorn Moon Sneak Peek Event includes book giveaways, free...
Audio / Author Career / Author Entrepreneur / Future of Publishing
by Beth Barany · Published February 6, 2013 · Last modified February 22, 2013
Last time I shared with you how I got started with turning my book into an audiobook with ACX. In this post, I’ll share with you my interaction with the technician as we created the audiobook from my ebook.
Once ACX said my book was eligible for a stipend to cover the costs of recording, my book was posted on ACX among all the other books covered by a stipend for the recording producers to see. The recording producers get to select which books they’d like to record, if they see one that looks good.
Book Promotion / business of writing / Future of Publishing / publishing
by Ezra Barany · Published June 14, 2012
If you think it’s expensive making audio books from your novels, you’re right. But there’s an easy way for making audio books without paying any upfront fees…if you’re willing to sacrifice part of your royalties.
book marketing / Book Promotion / book sales / Future of Publishing / publishing
by Ezra Barany · Published February 22, 2012 · Last modified February 23, 2012
If you want to become an Amazon bestseller, going through Amazon’s KDP Select program is a great way to do it. But it takes more than just signing up with KDP Select. By following a simple process I’ve outlined below, you can practically guarantee becoming an Amazon bestseller.
I sat down the other day and started thinking about what the new trends will be in romantic fiction during the next couple of years. I made my list and thought it would be fun just to discuss the things I think may creep into romance and the literary mainstream. Some of this may make some of you laugh, but honestly, did any of us see zombies creeping into the pages of our romance books? Enough said.
Future of Publishing / Indie Author Series / publishing
by Beth Barany · Published February 7, 2011 · Last modified February 10, 2011
Welcome to the weekly series on Resources for Indie Authors. All resources I use and cull from my life as an Independent Publishing Consultant and Book Coach, published author, and indie author in fiction! Most indie authors will do well to have their books on the Kindle, the Nook, and at Smashwords — which allows readers to download in multiple formats.
As an indie novelists, and book coach and editor, I’m always trawling the ‘net for news on anything that affects authors and anything that can hint at which way the wind is blowing. The...
Future of Publishing / publishing
by Beth Barany · Published January 17, 2011 · Last modified January 16, 2011
In no particular order, here are some resources I’ve come across recently that have helped inform my life as in indie novelist and my life as coach and consultant to authors. Educate yourself. Get...
Today I acknowledge the hard working independently published novelists who are doing really well. Why? Because I want to join their ranks, and will. Though more on that later. (BTW, I have already self-published...
Literary agent, Nathan Bransford’s weekly fun and raucous report of the week’s publishing news: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/10/this-week-in-publishing-10110.html Upcoming San Francisco literary event: LitQuake, Oct. 1-9, 2010 “Local authors rumble through pubs, clubs and libraries for Litquake,...
On Ebook Pricing by JA Konrath: “I thought I would distill my thoughts into a new blog entry, and explain why I believe $2.99 is the new ebook standard.” JA Konrath offers the nuts...
The Monday, “What Is That?” Series today features SmashWords.com. The weekly “What Is That?” Series highlights new publishing technologies in the ever-changing publishing world, especially for independent novelists. Nonfiction authors will find much value in these tool, too.
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