Oh, that makes your position much more clear, thank you.

“Freaking out” is one thing – ‘strategic planning’ and ‘analysis after observing’ is another.

Because I follow publishing trends on a professional […]

Really, Caimin? In WHAT way will Amazon rolling over Goodreads “be good news for those of [us] sic using KDP Select” ??

BTW, people…the cliche goes like this “800-pound Gorilla” I keep seeing ‘the […]

Fiona! ;D

Big thumbs up! LOL … You’ve got TEN book awards, a SERIES in a popular genre, and a full tribe (including hundreds of FB friends) following you on YOUR terms! Ta DA!

Dear Catherine,

You have discovered a Truth about selling books, and promoting your titles. Indeed, not everyone who maintains social contact with you – in person or on-line will buy your books. In fact the […]

John,

Thank you so much for taking an interest in this story. And for supporting my Kindlegate.webstarts page.

Your understanding of the nuances of accounting is impressive, and would be helpful as a blog […]

Dear Dave (and a cumulative response to other posts since last week)

I pulled my market to USA/UK exclusively because I don’t sell more than eight books a month in .de .ca .es .it combined. (altho before […]

KINDLEGate.webstarts.com

KINDLEGate.webstarts.com has been Developed in Response to the Question, “What Can We Do About kdp Amazon’s admitted ‘Glitches’ ? Gather, Plan, Implement! […]

Dear Respondents (including the ‘F’ and ‘U’ chorus)

My interest in blogging about this continuing, frustration-generating, curious phenom of suddenly vanishing ebook sales continues.

What are YOUR […]

Amazon is mum. . . period.

Dear All,

First off, ‘Thank you’ to Self Publishing Review for posting my blog ‘Amazon Mum’ –

The phenomenal number of hits is what is a grabber in this story. And, of course, the silence from kdp Amazon […]

Christopher,

What provocative questions you’ve asked of Boyd Morrison. And isn’t he The Best?! I met Boyd at the 2010 Pacific Northwest Writer’s Association conference.

He was a panelist at ‘The Dark Side […]

Hi, Would you be willing to tell ‘the folks at home’ who your publishing service is that you are so happy with? It does make a difference in confidence level; doesn’t it, knowing that you’ve made a good match between your writing skill and a production/publishing company’s trade skill. Congratulations, Diana.

Well, kdp Amazon never did drop the price of ‘Eliza of Fair Haven’ to ‘Free’ in spite of my having ‘click here’ notified them of its free-ness on Smash. In the past two weeks I have away (Free Sells!) 180 copies of the full manuscript and an additional 45 copies of excerts (I caved). So, [...]

I’m soo with you on this topic. Nothing has convinced me, emotionally, that giving away even a part of a manuscript will work for me. I give away free PubCoach advice all over the net – but a book – No Way! Weird how we humans ‘draw the line’. Further, PubSlush? Not going with the [...]

Well, again please accept my apologies: I see here that a June 07, 2011 news release on PRNews Wire, titled, “Arbor Books: Six Reasons the Anti-Self-Publishing Movement Is Dead” attributes Bowker as the original source of, “Ten times as many independent authors were published last year as those published by mainstream publishers, according to…[Read more]

Oh Dear! I beg your pardon. Indeed I must have confused words spoken by someone else, with words spoken by you post-BEA. I will go back to my notes and correct the oversight immediately. Again, my apologies.