Tag: traditional publishers

• Six Days Left to Nominate My Novel on Kindle Scout

  Well, I’ve set out on this new adventure, dangling my new novel in the hybrid publishing arena called Kindle Scout. After six more days – May 15 – the experiment will be over and I’ll get to see how worthwhile it was. You can nominate my novel HERE! What could your nomination mean? It could help […]

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  May 9, 2015

  Indie Author

  changes in publishing, kindle scout, literary fiction, new novel, publishing contract, traditional publishers

• An Indie Author Ready for the Future of Publishing

  Literary agent Andrew Lownie in THIS article recently stated that he believes that nearly 75% of published books within then next 5-10 years will be self-published. This announcement has certainly turned the writing blog-o-sphere on its nose with both excitement and scorn. Of course, this is mere conjuncture, but even the pronouncement has some broad and interesting […]

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  October 22, 2014

  Indie Author

  Andrew Lownie, future of books, future of publishing, indie author, indie publishing, literary agents, self-publishing, traditional publishers

• I am not chaff. I am a serious writer, thank you.

  Elitism always frowns on democratization. I was reading an article which quoted two well-known mainstream authors, who gave their thoughts on the changing face of the publishing industry. One of them said that the traditional publishing model – with all our familiar and well-loved gatekeepers including literary agents and publishing executives (wait, scratch that “well-loved” […]

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  April 5, 2014

  Indie Author

  21st century publishing, changes in publishing, indie author, indie publishing, literary agents, traditional publishers, writing

• What are Traditional Publishers doing to Promote their Talent?

  Every once in a while, I like to look at books or authors on-line and try to determine what marketing and promotion approach that they are taking.  I like to see how well their books are selling and try to guess why they have or have not been successful. I came across an author I […]

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  August 1, 2013

  Indie Author, Promotion

  indie authors, promotion, self-promotion, self-publishing, traditional publishers

• Finding the Right Book Title

  Some book titles just write themselves; they are so obvious that there could be no other title which would mean as much. My novella was about a spy named Blue. Super easy title: Spy Blue My first novel was titled after the translated meaning of one of the main characters, plus served as a symbolic […]

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  July 10, 2013

  Writing Process

  book titles, Field of Dreams, indie author, Sasse novel, Shoeless Joe, traditional publishers, WP Kinsella

• Writers and Restaurateurs: Same Same

  A restaurateur requested of some patrons to add their honest restaurant reviews to Trip Advisor to help build word about the relatively new restaurant. Hmmm. There must be a parallel between restaurants and writing. Let’s explore. Imagine if there was a industry-wide restaurant review system where a group of food raters would tell the entrepreneurs […]

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  June 30, 2013

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  21st century publishing, indie author, traditional publishers