Celebrating Independent Authors
One of the biggest and most frustrating challenges authors face is marketing our books.
Part of the reason for this is that we deal with incomplete or misleading data. That means we’re guessing.
We respond to anecdotes. If someone reports great success with KDP select, we try it. If it falls flat for us, we scratch our heads. Continue reading “Missing Data”
Way back in 2010, I was a newly minted, published author. And like every other new author out there, I was marketing like a mad woman. I posted links to my books everywhere! There was a reply to one of my posts in an Amazon discussion forum; it changed my life. The gentleman who posted was a member of the MWSA: Military Writer’s Society of America. He suggested that since I was a veteran, I might like to join. I looked up the organization and was impressed. I joined, and later that same year, my novel was nominated for an award. What a shock! Continue reading “Warriors of the Words”
Make your choice in this week’s Flash Fiction Challenge.
We had a number of great entries. Kudos to all the entrants. It’s time for IU readers to choose: Who will be this week’s Flash Fiction Star?
Check out this week’s entries here. Vote for your fave then use those share buttons at the bottom of the post to spread the word that the vote is on.
Vote for your choice in this week's flash fiction challenge:
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A few of you have a Kindle in one of its numerous incarnations, right? Many (I’ll guess most) of the readers who drop in to Indies Unlimited have and use an eReader and the Kindle brand is the one owned by more than any other.
Authors (who ought to be readers too) might also own one to validate the formatting of their eBooks, as well as for reading. So, for all the Kindle owners, how many ways do you know to get a file onto your Kindle? I’m willing to bet there are more ways than you realize. Continue reading “Stuff Your Kindle”