Through various channels in Twitter, I came across this blog entry by Stephen Pressfield. The post is mostly about book rights acquisition, and as part of the discussion, he posted either a manufactured profit and loss statement, or one that had the identifying information removed. As a side-effect, this P&L… Continue reading
Over the past two days, I’ve listed advantages and disadvantages of becoming an indie publisher. Today, we’ll look at some incidental things that have occurred to me and might happen to you, too, if you go the indie route. These are not necessarily good or bad, just observations. 1. Opinion–… Continue reading
Yesterday, I discussed 5 disadvantages to indie publishing. Today we’ll look at 5 advantages. 1. Control– You have the final say over what the cover looks like, what price to sell at, what content comes out, what content stays in, length, and pretty much everything else. This allows you to… Continue reading
Just because I’ve jumped into the indie publishing waters head first, I don’t necessarily think that traditional publishing is dead or even dying. It’s undergoing change, for sure, but people still like paper. My reasons for publishing Neanderthal Swan Song on an independent basis are many, and the decision was… Continue reading
I have been working on the Createspace print version of Neanderthal Swan Song. Here is the cover I came up with, since I don’t have a wrap-around that looks like the ebook version. I can’t decide if I like it. Do you?
My novel Neanderthal Swan Song has been released. It will be available for Kindle in the Amazon store and for Nook (and anything else reading epub files) from Barnes and Noble as soon as both sites finish chewing on the files. Meanwhile, you can get a copy right here, on… Continue reading
Now that Accretion has been released for Kindle on Amazon and in EPUB on Barnes and Noble my focus has returned to the novel Neanderthal Swan Song. (I should note that Accretion is available in EPUB and MOBI formats on my website without geographic restrictions.) I am about 10% of… Continue reading
Here is a sneak peek at the first draft of the cover for my novel Neanderthal Swan Song.
Made some minor changes, feedback indicated confusion from the subtitle, so I changed it. Also, slightly different font, mainly because I couldn’t find the one I used last time. *shrug*
Here is the finished cover for my short story collection called Accretion. The book will probably release next week. There are just a few aesthetic changes I want to make before I finalize the manuscript. It will post on my website first, then I will port it over to Amazon… Continue reading
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