If you want to publish print on demand books, there are few options. The most widely used is Createspace, a company which is now owned by Amazon.com. Createspace is great; I’ve been using it for years and years without complaint. Recently though, things have changed....
On Publishing
I Published my First Book
I published Infinite Vampire I: BLOOD 4 LIFE on May 7, 2017. I told about 15k people about it, and had 150 people buy the book! (1%). As of this writing, approximately five weeks after publishing, BLOOD 4 LIFE has 33 reviews and an average rating of 4.8 stars. Next...
Three Weeks After 1st Launch
I launched my first book, Infinite Vampire I: BLOOD 4 LIFE three weeks ago, and although sales have been low, they're meeting my expectations (my very very very low expectations). Many an experienced self- or indy-published author will tell you that the first book...
Is Pronoun.com for you? They just made a big announcement.
Pronoun.com, a free publishing service provider, just announced that it has added a feature; providing a custom publisher name with the ISBN. This is actually very good news. ISBN's if bought individually are absurdly expensive at $125 a piece. Buying in bulk offers...
Sophia’s Journal!
I realized that the Infinite Vampire series needed a prequel, but I'm not normal. Instead of just writing one, I wanted to do something different. So I wrote it, in the form of a 18 year old's journal. Then I worked with a woman to make sure I had an accurate...
No Thanks, Bitly
I write books that include additional web content, and if I put a link into a book, I want a nice, short link that's easy for a reader to type into a browser. Bitly is a free option out there, but before I put Bitly links in my books (and published them), I looked at...
My Self-Editing Checklist – It Might Help You!
Editing is important and challenging. I've got about 200,000 words to put through the editing ringer before February. That's a lot, but it's okay: I have a plan. Every editing session, I start by reviewing 20 editing 'rules' that I find important. The items on the...
Facebook Results Campaign 001
Total Cost: 698 Leads Gained: 764 Time Period: 10/12/16 - 11/13/16 Prizes: 1 Kindle Paperwhite with books, 5 swag bags Contestants: 915 (some from my list). 106 leads joined through social promotion. I played around with different audiences, and had some...
Copy Editing and Proofreading
I've edited Infinite Vampire I: Blood 4 Life about twenty times. I've read it probably thirty times, and I've sent it out to twenty people to get their feedback on it. And I paid an editor I found on Reedsy to go through it... WOW. I thought it was clean, and there's...
The Internet Marketing RPG
I've spent about 5 or 6 weeks of 12 hour days creating my author platform (my internet marketing platform); and the thing is, I DIDN'T START FROM SCRATCH. I already had a start with a couple websites, a blog, and an email list. In hindsight, it would have helped if...