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A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: The End of the Bestseller
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011. The End of the Bestseller. And I interview each other in the latest issue of Crimespree Magazine. I've given up doing interviews, because I get a lot of requests and they all ask the same questions. While it's flattering, I hate taking time away from my writing, and I'm making enough money to stop doing things that I dislike. That said, I did do a quick interview with Kirkus for Shaken. Which is being released in print on February 22. 3 Readers buy these books because they hav...
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Indie Book Review: November 2011
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011. The Chronicles Of Jenson Quest - The Rise Of Va'kaar by J Bryden Lloyd. Jenson Quest III, is a 17 year old descendent of his grandfather, Jenson Quest Senior and his father, Jenson Quest II. Both are former test pilots for the RAF and private corporations. Now aging beyond his years, Jenson Quest Senior lives in the nursing home run by his daughter, Maggs, whom the younger Jenson has lived with since his father's disappearance many years before. Soon, Jenson is undergoing tr...
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Ramblings on Romance Etcetera, Etcetera: December 2012
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Best of all I love to read books that strike. So alas, I don’t accept books for review. But thanks. For thinking of me! I've been reading romance in one form or another all my life and that won't ever change. View my complete profile. These are the members of The Great North and South Crusade. Now who else wants to Join? And then - just because! The Great Western Drive. I've Joined the Western Drive. Kristie's Most Romantic Movies. Last of the Mohicans. After A Very Long Absence. Sunday, December 16, 2012.
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Ramblings on Romance Etcetera, Etcetera: May 2015
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Best of all I love to read books that strike. So alas, I don’t accept books for review. But thanks. For thinking of me! I've been reading romance in one form or another all my life and that won't ever change. View my complete profile. These are the members of The Great North and South Crusade. Now who else wants to Join? And then - just because! The Great Western Drive. I've Joined the Western Drive. Kristie's Most Romantic Movies. Last of the Mohicans. Thought for the Day. Thought for the Day. They brin...
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A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Are You Dense?
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Friday, April 15, 2011. What the hell is wrong with you? I'm talking to you. The writers who are still thoughtlessly defending legacy publishing. Unless you're making over a million dollars a year with the Big 6, continuing down the legacy path is a crazy bad idea. I see the same tired, lame arguments, over and over again. They include:. It's hard to make decent money self-pubbing. Only Joe Konrath and Amanda Hocking make good money self-pubbing. The majority of self-pubbed books don't sell many copies.
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A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Time Investment
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011. More guest posts are coming, but I wanted to take a moment to post some numbers and some thoughts. So far this month, I've sold over 18,000 ebooks on Kindle. When I include Smashwords, Createspace, and Barnes and Noble, my income for January will be about $42,000. Last January, I made $2,295 on Kindle, and I was amazed I could actually pay my mortgage on books NY rejected. Amazed" is no longer strong enough a word. What happens when they're 15%? Having worked in a bookstore b...
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Devon Matthews: March 2012
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Other Pages To See. Sunday, March 25, 2012. Western Romance Authors A Baker's Dozen! The new group site, Cowboy Kisses. Is all set to launch at the beginning of April. But before we saddle up, I want to give you the lineup of authors who will be contributing regularly to the blog. Also, our number has increased to thirteen authors and here we are. (drum roll, please). Peggy L. Henderson. I hope all of you will come join the site. It promises to be a rip-snortin' ride! Sunday, March 18, 2012. Tabs for ind...
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A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: The List Experiment Update
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011. The List Experiment Update. At 7:30pm, I dropped the price of my ebook The List. From $2.99 to 99 cents. It has now been that price for a month. So I'm raising the price back up to $2.99. The price change should take effect sometime tonight. The List peaked as high as #15 on the Kindle bestseller list. It is currently at #23, and selling more than 1500 copies a day. In the 28 days it was 99 cents, it sold about 20,300 copies. It took 9 days. Could hit the Top 100 at 99 cents.
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A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Ebooks Ain't A Bubble
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Monday, March 07, 2011. Ebooks Ain't A Bubble. Elsewhere on the internets, I've heard the current ebook boom being described as a bubble. One that will eventually burst. A bubble is when people invest more money in something than it is actually worth. Real estate, technology, dot com companies, housing, the stock market, etc. all are investments that might not pay off, and have been called bubbles. But the market won't stay current. Ebooks will become the dominant format for reading fiction. They...There...