Let me start by outlining my own history of involvement in the wacky world of online everything. Before March of 2011, my presence in Virtual World consisted of an e-mail account I checked once a week or so. If I remembered. I usually didn’t. March 2011, however, was when I first hit that “Publish” button over at KDP, and I figured I had better dive into the digital world, seeing as I was trying to sell digital books. Continue reading “Ed’s Casual Friday: How not to sell (me) a book.”
Tag: Indie Authors
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”
Video Trailer Smackdown
It’s time once more to vote for the video book trailer of the week. Wake the kids, phone the neighbors and fire up the popcorn popper. We have a selection of three great book trailers to choose from, so take a look and pick your favorite. No cash. No prizes. It’s all for the glory!
So, let’s get ready to rumble. It’s a steel-cage death match of awesome videos. Or something.
Check ’em out for yourself by clicking the links! The contestants this week are:
Loading ...Indie Author Amazon Policy Survey
Indies Unlimited is conducting a survey of the indie author community regarding some policy changes recently implemented by Amazon.
We are interested in the views of indie authors* regarding three particular areas of Amazon policy change. Please respond to all three questions below: Continue reading “Indie Author Amazon Policy Survey”