I've noticed a growing number of author Twitter profiles with the word bestseller or best-selling, even new authors. This made me think: Just what is a bestseller and are these folks being optimistic,
Continue readingSome pundits have said that self-publishing is the easy way out, for someone who can't handle a “real” publishing contract. Well I'm not going to go into that open-ended debate here, but I
Continue readingBackground This is not a “my way is better than yours” post, so please indulge me while I explain how I got to where I am now. Back in January, I completed the final draft of OCEAN OF DUST, my YA fantasy,
Continue readingI've read a lot of blog posts and articles recently about why and how readers buy ebooks. Many pundits claim that Amazon is so full of self-published drivel that readers have no clue what to buy. I want
Continue readingAs more and more authors move away from traditional publishing, to publish themselves (selfpub) on ebook, many have predicted the total collapse of the agent & publisher system, at least for fiction.
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