Author: Stephen Hise

Stephen Hise is the Evil Mastermind and founder of Indies Unlimited. Hise is an independent author and an avid supporter of the indie author movement. Learn more about Stephen at his website or his Amazon author page.

Thanks!

I’d like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the wonderful community of folks who take the time from their busy days to visit our little corner of cyberspace.

We all value the time you take to read and comment on our articles, to participate in our like-fests, to show your vision and creativity in our flash fiction competitions, and to share your abundant knowledge, experience, and humor in our guest posts, interviews and Book Briefs. We appreciate those of you who have chosen to support Indies Unlimited with either a donation or through choosing our site as a part of your promotion and marketing strategy.

I would also like to thank our very talented staff. I am lucky to find myself among such a dazzling group of talented, knowledgeable, and caring people. Each of these volunteers have contributed to the success of Indies Unlimited, and I feel privileged to know them.

I would especially like to thank my co-administrator and blog partner, K.S. “Kat” Brooks. It is a rare thing to find a person as talented and accomplished as she, who also has the ability to see the promise in others, and who works so hard to help others be the best they can be. Kat is dedicated, selfless, energetic, enthusiastic, tenacious and always wonderful.

Thank you one and all. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

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Velvet Rope-A-Dope

We recently conducted a poll of indie authors, asking about their general impressions regarding three areas of policy change at Amazon.

Coincidental with the recent sock-puppet scandal, Amazon began quietly marching a number of reviews off the site and into the darkness. Their stated reason for these actions are to assure the integrity of blah-blah, something or other, customer confidence, and something else. Continue reading “Velvet Rope-A-Dope”

Somulax: Double Duty

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