Emily Hill commented on the post, Amazon Buys Goodreads, on the site Self-Publishing Review 1 month ago
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 […]
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Emily Hill commented on the post, Amazon Buys Goodreads, on the site Self-Publishing Review 1 month ago
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 […]
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Henry Baum commented on the post, Amazon Buys Goodreads, on the site Self-Publishing Review 1 month, 3 weeks ago
This “probably” doesn’t instill me with confidence.
“If users really want those links [to other retailers], then those links will probably still be […]
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Emily Hill commented on the post, Socially Awkward – Why Your Online Friends Don’t Buy Your Book, on the site Self-Publishing Review 2 months ago
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!
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Emily Hill commented on the post, Socially Awkward – Why Your Online Friends Don’t Buy Your Book, on the site Self-Publishing Review 2 months ago
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 […]
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Henry Baum wrote a new post, Hugh Howey’s Advice for Writers, on the site Self-Publishing Review 2 months ago
A nice piece in Wired about the changes in publishing, which starts with Hugh Howey’s story:
While working in a bookstore in Boone, North Carolina, back in 2011, a 36-year-old college dropout named Hugh Howey […]
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Henry Baum wrote a new post, One Racket to Rule Them All, on the site Self-Publishing Review 3 months ago
A pretty brutal assessment of Author Solutions at Let’s Get Digital:You see, Author Solutions’ modus operandi is pretty despicable, and they’ve been badgering, swindling and confusing writers out of money—and […]
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Henry Baum wrote a new post, Reminder: You Can Post Here, on the site Self-Publishing Review 3 months, 1 week ago
I was reminded by Todd Keisling’s post as part of his book tour that people are not using the “Write a Post” feature here as much as they could be. It’d be great to see other writers use this option as part of […] -
Henry Baum wrote a new post, Print Still Matters , on the site Self-Publishing Review 4 months ago
This is pretty bad news for self-publishers, given that many self-publishers are digital-only:
Sixty-one percent of book purchases by frequent book buyers take place online, but only seven percent of those […]
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Henry Baum posted an update 4 months, 1 week ago
Redesigned my book site: http://www.theamericanbookofthedead.com
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Henry Baum wrote a new post, Self-Publishing: Hard Work, on the site Self-Publishing Review 4 months, 1 week ago
A good post and discussion at Rachelle Gardner’s blog: 5 Surprises About Self-Publishing. This leaps out:4. I overestimated my ability to sell books. I have lists of bookstores at which I’ve done appearances, […]
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Henry Baum wrote a new post, Details on the Smashwords Sale to Libraries, on the site Self-Publishing Review 4 months, 1 week ago
Recently it was reported that the Douglas County Library system bought 10,000 Smashwords titles to add to its collection of ebooks. An interesting piece from Library Journal shows just how hard this was to work […] -
Henry Baum wrote a new post, Self-Publishing: For Genre Writers Only, on the site Self-Publishing Review 4 months, 1 week ago
Jane Friedman has a provocative post about self-publishing that has the potential to rekindle age-old genre wars: whether or not genre is “serious” fiction. But that’s not really what she’s getting at. Her point […] -
Henry Baum wrote a new post, Lulu Nixes DRM for eBooks, on the site Self-Publishing Review 4 months, 1 week ago
An interesting announcement by Lulu, posted on their blog.Effective January 15, 2013, Lulu will no longer offer Adobe’s Digital Editions DRM as an option when publishing or revising eBook content in EPUB and PDF […]
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Henry Baum posted an update 4 months, 4 weeks ago
I released Part II of my novel. See here: http://www.theamericanbookofthedead.com/2012/12/24/part-ii-is-out/
Lindsay wrote a new post, Promoting Your Ebook with Online Advertising: Four Options, on the site Self-Publishing Review 5 months ago
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Henry Baum wrote a new post, Guy Kawasaki on Self-Publishing, on the site Self-Publishing Review 5 months, 2 weeks ago
A good interview with Guy Kawasaki about self-publishing and his new book: - Load More
