Opinions and Publishing Industry Insights
You’re Going Toe to Toe with David Mamet – Don’t Be A Dork Amateur!
Do YOU want to be a Self-Published IndieAuthor? Maybe you have dreams of making enough money to supplement your income, pension – or even quit your Day Job? Whoa, Nelly! There’s a Sea Change taking place in Self-Publishing that you should factor into your long range plans. David Mamet has discovered Self-Publishing, and according to … Continue reading
Looking Back at 2012 . . .A Very Good Year!
I am sitting here, a few days in front of 2013, looking back on the thrills (and chills) of publishing in 2012. First of all I would like to begin my 2012 wrap-up with a Thank You to the team of talented, dedicated people who brought this little Edmonds-based company to the international stage this … Continue reading
My 2013 Alternative to Amazon – Classy Smashwords!
Anyone who witnessed my angst over the no-apology technical glitches that Amazon stumbled through in Q4 2012 knew that the winds of change would blow through A.V. Harrison Publishing the nano-second I had an opportunity to flee the monstrosity that kdp Select Amazon has become. When recently interviewed by The Seattle Times (Amazon hometown newspaper) … Continue reading
Author Beware!! The Sweetened kdp Amazon Global Fund
Jeff Bezos (Amazon innovator) has Sweetened, for the second time in recent weeks, the pot of money available to authors who sign an exclusive agreement to sell their ebooks ONLY through his eCommerce store front. I’m kind of a cause-and-effect gal, so let me entertain you with the causality, and effect, of his move to … Continue reading
Open Letter to Jeff Bezos ~ Amazon
Dear Mr. Bezos, Well, on occasion the Mountain travels to Mohammed. As a publishing coach and micro-publisher who has enthusiastically steered hundreds of workshop attendees and clients to Amazon CreateSpace and kdp Amazon, this is one of those occasions. I travel to Mohammed to say that I am woefully disheartened and disappointed over recent ‘Glitches’ … Continue reading
Amazon Mum On Authors Fears of Book Sales Skimming
A canned reply is all that Amazon brass is handing the literary community on why thousands of high-performing authors book-sales dashboards have frozen. In the past month over 22,000 Amazon.com eBook authors have scrambled to the giant online retailer’s kdp Amazon Community Board to catch up on complaints about the appearance of lost book sales … Continue reading
Selling Your Books From the Back of a Car?
As most of you know, I attended the City of Edmonds ‘Write on the Sound’ conference this past weekend. I hugged, hung out, gossiped, and giggled. I can’t think of any annual event I enjoy more than ‘Write on the Sound’ (WOTS). Carla Neggers was the keynote speaker for this year’s session – strike that! … Continue reading
Saying Farewell to Hungary
What a beautiful country. . .Hungary! Within three days my husband, ‘The Maestro’, and I will be leaving on a jet plane for a four-city stop on our way home from one of the most extraordinary travel experiences of our lives. Hungary – and Budapest! – is nothing like I expected; and everything I hoped … Continue reading
A.V. Harrison Publishing To Offer French Translations
A.V. Harrison Publishing is pleased to announce its upcoming entry into Amazon’s French translation market. This business-forward move is made in association with French-English translator, Catherine Bedeski, who has joined the Edmonds, Washington micro-publisher as a consultant. Catherine Bedeski is a professional editor and translator in English, French, Japanese and Chinese with over ten years … Continue reading
News. Flash. Ready to Welcome The India eReader Crowd?
Dateline: 12:50PM – Thursday, 23 August BUDAPEST, HUNGARY This news is WAY TO IMPORTANT – and exciting – for me to stay in ‘Vacation’ mode. This morning trend watchers in the publishing sector were treated to the break-out news that Amazon has opened its Kindle market to consumers in India. India! An English-speaking country! Get … Continue reading
