Who is Reading YA Books?
I found some interesting reading on Reddit today in a thread from early 2019 that I thought was worth looking at. It’s very challenging to find actual...
How Koreans get their Web Novels
Yesterday I had a long and fascinating chat with a recently arrived Korean international student about Korean webnovels. Webnovels (books written specifically for the web) are extremely...
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Boys and Reading – Is There Any Hope?
Boys and Reading – Is There Any Hope? – NYTimes.com is a great article about the issue of getting boys reading in an industry dominated by women...
The ePublishing Scammers come out to play…
Author David Gaughran has posted an article over on his blog warning about the growing minefield of people out there looking to sell overpriced services to self-publishing...
Amazon Purging Reviews?
I happened to wander over to Joe Konrath’s blog today and noticed the top story was about Amazon purging reviews. It seems in response to a recent...
Traditional Publishers are in Trouble
From J.A. Konrath’s Blog: (Note- Legacy means “traditional publishers” aka Established Publishing Companies.) Right now I’m looking at the Top 10 Kindle bestsellers in occult fiction. Every...
Free Book Marketing Podcast Series
Friesen Press seems to be a former small publisher that are currently marketing themselves as a service provider for self-published authors. It’s not a bad approach to...
Why this may be the last chance to become a Kindle Author before the Indy eBook Apocalypse
What does the new launch of the Amazon Kindle Fire and cheaper versions of the regular Kindle mean for eBook authors? Well, there’s good news and bad...
What do I do with my novel based on a popular podcast?
So I have a bit of a quandry. I’m in the process of novelizing (and finishing) my epic space opera Twin Stars. Twin Stars was my attempt...