Scammers and predatory publishers cost unsuspecting authors millions of dollars a year. You pay good money up front and a lot of it. In return, you receive nothing but heartache and more invoices. If you let them, these vultures will take you for every dime you have and then some. And then, to top it off, they put out a really crummy product. There has got to be a better way. Continue reading “Predatory Publisher Seminar by ScamCo.”
Month: March 2015
FOULED! Part 3: Getting Your Book Back
So you’ve tried to get your publisher to give your book the editing, formatting, and marketing attention it deserves, but you’ve had no luck. Your logical next step may be to try to get your book back.
The technical term is reversion of rights. You’re asking the publisher to give you back any rights you granted it to publish your book. This sometimes becomes necessary even in contracts with a traditional publisher. If the book is not selling well, or some other disagreement has come up, an author may decide to buy back the book and shop it around somewhere else. Although increasingly these days, traditionally-published authors are buying back the rights to their books on their publishers’ backlists and going indie with them.
Trad publishers can be reluctant to agree to a rights reversion, but vanity publishers really don’t like them. Continue reading “FOULED! Part 3: Getting Your Book Back”
Thrifty Thursday: Awesome eBook Bargains
Yes, that’s right, these super hot free and 99 cent eBook deals on for real. We’re not kidding, already. Come on over to Thrifty Thursday and check ’em out!
Readers: look in the comment section below. If you see one you like, click over and buy it. How easy is that? (If you don’t see the book covers, adjust your browser’s adblock settings.)
Authors: if you have a book priced at 99¢ or less (that’s right, post your free eBooks here, too!), follow the instructions below and post it right in the comment section. Got more than one bargain book? Go ahead and post them all if you like, but only one book and ONE link per comment please!
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1. Book title
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4. ONE link to download the book (only secure retail sites – Amazon, Smashwords, B&N, Kobo, Apple/iStore, or Sony)
5. Whether your book is free or 99 cents (and for how long/what dates)
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Which “Mind Games” Flash Fiction Story Gets Your Vote?
It’s that time again…time to choose your favorite flash fiction story of the week! The judges have made their choices – their picks for the top entries are included below. Confused? Check out our rule change for 2015. The judges have whittled down the entries to a select few, and now it’s your turn: time for the public to have the final say. It’s super easy – we’ve even labeled the finalists to make them easier to spot. Now you just have to choose your favorite and cast your vote below for this week’s Flash Fiction champion.
Remember, the winning entries will all be included in the next edition of the IU Flash Fiction Anthology.
Check out this week’s entries here. Make your decision, then use those share buttons at the bottom of the post to spread the word.
Voting polls close Thursday at 5 PM Pacific time.
Which "Mind Games" story is your favorite?
- James Tate (52%, 14 Votes)
- A. L. Kaplan (33%, 9 Votes)
- Steven M. Stucko (15%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 27
Loading ...NOTE: Entrants whose submissions are not relevant to the prompts and/or exceed the 250 word limit are eliminated from the poll. ONE VOTE PER PERSON, please. Duplicate votes will be deleted. The results displayed above are unofficial until verified by administration.