Posts Tagged With: How to Self Publish
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
Book Bundling ~ Ensuring that All Roads Lead to YOUR Book!
This IS my actual bundled-book cover! Link: Ghost Stories and The Unexplained: Book One and Book Two I signed up for a workshop a couple of months ago, the purpose of which was to introduce new packaging and promotion ideas to authors. The workshop facilitator, whose own book is a play on the slogan, All … 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
Marketing Smart ~ Staying Current! Survey Your Attitudes and Outlook!
Once again the topic is take-to-market book selling. I am so stuck on the topic of book marketing and its importance that I have devised A SURVEY that will red-flag any weak spots that you, Dear Author, might have in your DIY marketing campaign. My 2012 ‘Bringing Authors Into ePub’ advice is somewhat counter-intuitive. It … Continue reading
Are You a Writer? Or, are You an Author?
In the past I’ve been enthusiastically behind all writers becoming authors – not anymore! When every word carries weight the foregoing sentence was written with a lot of forethought. I’ve been thinking about the point and purpose of the blog you’re about to read for several weeks. Here goes: In ‘I believe’ terms, I believe … Continue reading
Celebrating the First Anniversary of Publishing ~ A.V. Harrison Publishing
I remember contacting Zoe Winters back in October 2010 to get an exclusive interview featuring IndiePub Authors. Zoe was – and still is – a prolific, boistrous member of the Self-Publishing movement and I had seen her remarks on MANY blogs regarding the growth in popularity of the IndiePub movement in 2010 when I was … Continue reading
Seven Factors That Will Determine Your Destiny as an Author
This blog post was written for my first A.V. Harrison Publishing blog. The ‘pre-Kathi Humphries Design’ blog. It was written August 2011. What went then, still goes now! ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ This blog is inspired by Alan Rinzler, Zoe Winters, David Kazzie, JA Konrath, and Dean Wesley Smith. Because everything I ever learned about being … Continue reading
Gosh! It should have been Literary Agents, and Not the Marines, Guarding the Gates When Saigon Fell!
I first posted this blog entry on 04 May 2011 over on my Brand X website. I’m moving it over to my Kathi Humphries Design & New Media website because it remains timely. This week I noticed a snark comment in my Twitter feed from Janet Reid, New York literary agent. One can only post … Continue reading
