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Henry Baum commented on the blog post Review: God Hates Fags by Joe Wellman 3 days, 20 hours ago · View
Editor’s note: I considered writing the title as F*gs – but that’s not the title.
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Henry Baum commented on the blog post Their, There and They’re: Dude (or Dudette) You Need A Proofreader 2 weeks, 1 day ago · View
Fixed. I guess that was my fault b/c I proofread this.
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Henry Baum commented on the blog post Apple’s Self-Publishing App is Useless 3 weeks ago · View
Thanks, Mick. I’ve talked to some non-tech-headed people and they don’t think $30 and an upgrade is such a small thing. Beyond that, I think Apple’s taking too small a step. What they need is a self-publishing iTunes right now if they have a hope of catching Amazon, and these loops – small as they [...]
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Henry Baum commented on the blog post Apple’s Self-Publishing App is Useless 3 weeks, 1 day ago · View
Thanks, Jon. This really seems like a misstep on Apple’s part, or a baby step when Amazon’s miles ahead.
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Henry Baum commented on the blog post Apple’s Self-Publishing App is Useless 3 weeks, 1 day ago · View
I’ll admit an overreaction to the cost of an upgrade vs. the cost of my hardware upgrade to run Logic. But it’s the same principle – a “free” app is actually costing me $30. And there are plenty of Mac users out there for whom an upgrade isn’t feasible on their machine.
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Henry Baum commented on the blog post Apple’s Self-Publishing App is Useless 3 weeks, 1 day ago · View
OK, the expense isn’t gigantic – but it’s still Apple’s M.O. – to release new software that requires an expense somewhere else, and that bugs me. An upgrade isn’t always seamless either – I just got past a time when I was getting dozens of kernal panics after an upgrade. It was fixed free, but [...]
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Henry Baum wrote a new blog post: Apple’s Self-Publishing App is Useless 3 weeks, 1 day ago · View
Maybe it’s great – but I’ll never know. Sounds great, in theory :
Now anyone can create stunning iBooks textbooks, cookbooks, history books, picture books, and more for iPad. All you need is an idea and a Mac. Start with one of the Apple-designed templates that feature a wide variety of page layouts. Add your own text and images [...]
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Henry Baum commented on the blog post Book Sales Aren’t Everything 3 weeks, 2 days ago · View
Sorry if it seems like I’m singling you out. It was really a reaction to the chorus of support for Konrath’s claim that publicity is meaningless, without anyone saying: but wait, I like publicity. I would absolutely love to make a living writing. In fact, I really need the money. It’s just not entirely realistic [...]
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Henry Baum wrote a new blog post: Book Sales Aren’t Everything 3 weeks, 2 days ago · View
Has self-publishing lost its way? The reason that I got interested in self-publishing was because of the traditional publishing industry’s obsession with marketing over the quality of books. It seems like the vibe around self-publishing these days is echoing trad publishing’s marketing obsession. I understand wanting to sell books. I’m desperate to sell books as well [...] -
Henry Baum commented on the blog post Taking Issue with Konrath [Updated] 3 weeks, 2 days ago · View
Yeah, I admit it’s sort of a humblebrag and I’m happy about it.
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Henry Baum commented on the blog post Taking Issue with Konrath [Updated] 3 weeks, 2 days ago · View
I don’t mean to dump on commercial fiction – b/c my problem actually is that my books straddle the line between commercial and literary. As I wrote, my books are (more or less) crime fiction and science fiction. But I have a lot of Amazon reviews calling my books “boring.” They’re not boring – they [...]
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Henry Baum wrote a new blog post: A Self-Publishing Success Story 3 weeks, 2 days ago · View
Andrew Sullivan posted an email from a reader – who we’ve reviewed and interviewed in the past – about his leap from self-publishing to AmazonEncore (which I didn’t know had happened, so congrats Tim!). He writes:
After finishing a first draft of the manuscript, I jumped through all the typical hoops: got an agent, wrote a fat book proposal, [...]
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Henry Baum commented on the blog post Taking Issue with Konrath 3 weeks, 2 days ago · View
I don’t think literary fiction will ever outsell commercial fiction (at least not for a couple of centuries), but I’m just saying at some point more literary readers will have ereaders so different sorts of writing will be more successful. People probably won’t be making Konrath money, but it will be possible to at least [...]
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Henry Baum wrote a new blog post: Taking Issue with Konrath [Updated] 3 weeks, 3 days ago · View
I’m very happy about Konrath’s success. It’s encouraging to everybody. If I make 1/10 of what he’s making, I’ll be ecstatic. But there’s sometimes a problem with writers like Konrath or Cory Doctorow touting their success when they’re each in a very unique position. Doctorow advocates giving away books for free permanently because it’s worked for [...] -
Henry Baum commented on the blog post Authors Need Analytics for Ebooks 4 weeks, 1 day ago · View
Well, it would be no different than web analytics – so it logs traffic source, location, etc. but not a person’s identity.
Author Central already tells you where in the country print books or sold – so I’m not sure why they can’t at least let people know that about Kindle sales.
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Henry Baum wrote a new blog post: Authors Need Analytics for Ebooks 4 weeks, 1 day ago · View
Yesterday, I was looking at my Kindle sales, which reliably sell the the same amount every day (which is not a huge amount, I’m no Konrath) and I was wondering why I couldn’t break through with more sales. Am I getting the exact same traffic to my Amazon page every day? How much of that traffic leads [...] -
Vicki Hopkins commented on the blog post Amazon is (Not) the Devil 1 month ago · View
Good for you Matt! The end results of my promotion were priceless. My five day free run shoved me into the #8 best seller in historical romance. I had over 6,200 copies downloaded. Since the five-day promotion, it has increased my sales on all levels. I’ve had increased hits on my website, increased positive reviews, [...]
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Henry Baum wrote a new blog post: People Online Are Mean 1 month ago · View
Meghan Daum has a very interesting post in The Believer about what it’s like to be a columnist for the L.A. Times and the amount of invective that’s thrown her way:
These days, being attacked isn’t just the result of saying something badly, it’s the result of saying anything at all. I can testify to this, because for more [...]
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Neil Crabtree and Teresa Edmond are now friends 1 month ago · View
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Vicki Hopkins commented on the blog post Self-Publishing and Plagiarism – A New Place to Hide? 1 month ago · View
I use a website called Grammarly.com. It’s great for not only grammar, but it highlights text that matches anything on the Internet or elsewhere. It also gives you the reference to add, if you need to give credit where credit is due. It’s somewhat helpful.
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