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Kindle Select Trends

Kindle Select Trends I don’t usually debate the pros and cons of authors selling their books via Kindle Select (erroneously but commonly referred to as “KU” — as Kindle Unlimited is what the reader side of the program is called). To get into any discussion about KU versus Wide would be, I feel, a waste […]

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You Can’t Afford to Ignore Crowdfunding

Last year, Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson ran a Kickstarter project that raised $42 million USD. $42 million is a very nice payday, but it’s an outlier, not a common outcome of publishing Kickstarter projects. However, Brandon Sanderson’s success drew attention to crowd funding in a way that made most of the indie publishing industry sit

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Who Gets to Distribute Your Books?

A somewhat new indie author said to me recently, “I know either Draft2Digital or Smashwords can distribute my books.  Is there any other big distributors I should consider instead?” I’ve never tackled on this blog the various distribution options indie authors have.  At first glance it doesn’t have anything to do with productivity.  In fact,

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Google Has Made a Brilliant Strategic Move

Google Has Made a Brilliant Strategic Move Why Indie Authors Should Capitalize on It In late April this year, Google Play Books announced the launch of an AI Narrated Audiobook beta program for indie authors and publishers using their retail platform. There’s a few conditions attached. Surprisingly few. It was an incredibly smart move. Here’s why.

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Are You Indie Publishing Fiction? Will You Choose KU or Wide?

Are You Indie Publishing Fiction? Will You Choose KU or Wide? 9 aspects that will make you rethink your options. The Wide vs KU Debate has been around for a great many years. Indie authors used to step to either side with their sleeves rolled up, righteousness steaming from their ears. Monica Leonelle wrote a great post

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Sometimes you need to scale back to move forward.

It’s been a mucky couple of years, with the pandemic putting stress on everything, including the supply of printed books and, not least of all, nervous systems. One of the stress victims was the indie publishing industry in general, as it was already evolving into new directions even before the pandemic threw extra burdens on

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Why “Sell More”? – 2021 Edition

Continuing the series of reviews on my earliest posts, as the industry has changed that much in four years. And so have I. This week, I’m looking at the January 19, 2018 post, ‘Why “Sell More”?’. ____ We all want to sell more. Even the purest literary snob appreciates selling more than before because that

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