Tag: independent author
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Independent Author’s Toolbag: Reviews and Book Sales
This post is as much addressed to readers as it is to authors. Many readers might feel that they are pestered, one might even say harassed, to provide reviews. Why is that? Well, it’s simple. As a reader, when I browse through books on Amazon or B&N, I’ll take a few minutes to glance at…
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Kal’s New Year of Writing
So, this is more of an update on my current writing schedule than anything else. I’m a bit behind on getting things out (for which I deeply apologize). On the other hand, I have the minor disclaimer that life has been extremely busy, between me transitioning from one duty station to another in the Army,…
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Independent Author’s Toolbag: Self Promotion
So, I’ll preface this by saying that I hate self-promotion and I’ve got a long way to go to be good at it. That said, it is an essential part of being successful as an author. There are two important things to remember, however. The first is that you will only ever sell books to…
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Independant Author’s Toolbag: Smashwords
As an independent author, I’m not setting in my basement cranking out books on a printing press. That would be cool, but it’s not really feasible (Trust me, I crunched the numbers). What I am doing is going through a variety of distributers to reach readers, mostly through ebooks. The nice thing about ebooks is…
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My National Write a Novel Month Writing Goals
Just a quick update on my National Write a Novel Month Writing Goals, or since the whole endeavor seems rather enamored of acronyms: NaNoWriMoWriGo. And if you can say that out loud without giggling, you might have something wrong with you. My goals for this coming month are to complete four stories. The first is a…
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