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Ebook Endeavors · 21h ago

Writers’ Conferences–Valuable for an Indie Author?

I’m plugging away at my next novel (70,000 words into EE5, in case anyone is wondering!), so I’m glad to have a guest poster lined up for today. Indie fantasy author Dale Ivan Smith is here to talk about writers’ conferences today. Are they worthwhile for those who want to self-publish? Let’s take a
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Ebook Endeavors · 4d ago

Contest: Design Maldynado’s Next Hat for a Chance to Win Signed Paperbacks

As you may know if you follow my Facebook page, I’ve been mulling over ideas for a new contest. I’ll have some shiny new Conspiracy paperbacks coming my way soon, and I’d like to give away a set of all four books. EE1-4, signed, and (if you wish) personalized. How can you enter the contest? [...]
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Ebook Endeavors · 6d ago

Updates to Amazon’s Book Ranking Algorithms: The Death of 99-Cent Ebooks? An End to KDP Select Perks?

Ever wonder how Amazon’s ranking algorithms work? Why one book gets recommended to readers and another doesn’t? The difference between the popularity lists and the bestseller lists? Well, indie author Edward W. Robertson doesn’t work for Amazon, but he’s a stats junkie who’s been studying the e-sell
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Ebook Endeavors · 1W ago

Is a Kickstarter Campaign a Consideration for You?

I’ve been meaning to write up a post on my experience with using Kickstarter to fund publishing projects (in my case, an audiobook project), but I’m still busy getting together all the reward goodies for those who pledged, so I better wait until I have everything wrapped up. Fellow writer, John Port
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Ebook Endeavors · 1W ago

Early Results from Creating an Ebook Omnibus–Good Choice or Not?

A lot of authors who read this blog (at least two out of three of them!) are publishing, often self-publishing, their first books. That’s a noble endeavor, but what if you’ve been writing for a while, and you have several books already published? What if they’re all related (i.e. stories in a series
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Ebook Endeavors · 2W ago

Can a Goodreads Giveaway Help with Book Promotion?

A while back, we debated whether it is, in this new world of e-publishing, still worthwhile to create print versions of our self-published books. That’s up to each author to decide, but, if you do have paperbacks made, it can be helpful with book promotion. You can send review copies to book blogger
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Ebook Endeavors · 2W ago

Reader Questions Answered: Emperor’s Edge 5, Paperbacks, Encrypted Sequel?

It’s been a little over a week since I released Conspiracy, the fourth Emperor’s Edge book, and we sold a thousand copies in the first week. That’s a record for me (I believe EE3 sold about 500 copies in the first week), and it was great to sell enough right off the bat to cover [...]
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Ebook Endeavors · 2W ago

3 Tips for Self-Publishing Success

Success is one of those words that means different things to different people. For the sake of this blog post, I’m going to define success as “meeting or exceeding your goals,” whether that means making such-and-such amount of money a year, being read by X number of people, or simply putting out a f
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Ebook Endeavors · 3W ago

Emperor’s Edge Forum and Looking for Contest Ideas

Hey, guys! After the lively discussion in the comments section of the Sicarius interview, one of the readers made a forum for chatting about the books. (I imagine you can chat about anything fantasy-related.) If you want to talk to other readers with similar tastes, check it out: The Emperor’s Edge
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Ebook Endeavors · 3W ago

Emperor’s Edge Extras: Interview with Sicarius

Last week on my Facebook page, I asked for “interview questions” for Sicarius. We had a lot of submissions, but he’s a busy man right now (those of you who have already finished Book 4 can guess why), and I could only get him to agree to answer ten questions. I had to risk my life [...]
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