Monthly Archives: October 2011
Kindle #1 Best Seller is Reward for Great Design & Loving Your Readers
Yes, it’s true! I am so thrilled! If you have been following my Tweets and my Facebook posts, you now know that I am a Kindle Best Selling author. It’s ironic that ten days after posting the OpEd Obituary ‘Bells Toll for New York Times Best Seller List’ I was rewarded with a #1 Best … Continue reading
Now That We Have Color via Kindle Fire ~ Let’s Brush Off the Idea of Musically-Scored eReaders!
[Note: This blog entry was originally published May 2011 on my former blog site. As I update it and bring it forward it's interesting to note that added to the possibility of musically-scored reading material on eReaders is the reality of color on Amazon's Kindle Fire! The technological advances of eReaders and publishing are moving … Continue reading
New York Times Best Seller List is Dead ~ an OpEd Obituary ~
Obituary ~ The NY Times ‘Bestseller List’, for decades the darling of the New York publishing industry, died this year. Born April 9, 1942 the New York Times ‘Bestseller List’ ( B. List) had a long and illustrious life – although not without controversy. B. List is credited with bringing many world renowned authors to … Continue reading
Amazon’s Quality Police and Sludge Flush Announced This Week
Publishing Perfection and the Sludge Pile are the two elements I am addressing as this week comes to a close and I turn my attention to what every IndiePub author should be doing over the weekend – Marketing! The angst among authors who plan to make a long-range career of writing is palpable. And that … Continue reading
Cheap Books ~ Cheap Dates! eBook Pricing for the Sludge Crowd
Mark Coker, innovator of Smashwords, recently revealed that Smashwords has “less than 50 (authors) who are making more than $50,000 per year. We have a lot who don’t sell a single book.” Neither fact surprises me as an IndiePub Coach looking across the landscape. Somehow, somewhere was born the notion that to be a successful … Continue reading
