About a million years ago, I started my first author blog in order to talk transparently about book marketing and the results of various efforts. I didn’t keep that up, […]
Book Marketing: Frank Talk About Real Numbers Read More »
Falstaff Books have put the first four volumes of The Withrow Chronicles up on Amazon for digital pre-order. These are, Amazon-wise, completely different books from the versions I published myself, meaning
Kindle Pre-Orders Are Live! Read More »
Back in the Saddle Wow, it’s kind of been a while since I really did the whole blogging thing, hasn’t it? It’s kind of been a stressful year. A lot
Back in the Saddle: Advertising, Brands, & Bookselling Read More »
For nearly two years I have stuck to my guns and insisted I would make my books available via as many platforms as possible rather than let any one online
OK, Maybe There’s Something to Kindle Select After All (Er, Try Two) Read More »
With the push of a button, Tooth & Nail is officially published. There’s a lot of “you should have a launch event” out there online but I don’t even get
I’ve had my head buried in grad school this month but I also have some super-fun news: the editing and cover design for are done and I’m waiting on Smashwords and Amazon
In the Merry, Merry Month of… April? Read More »
I’ve published a new short story called “Complications”. It was inspired by Machine of Death and I obtained the explicit permission of the editors of that fine volume before making it available. It’s
Stealth Launch: For Science! Read More »
December was occupied almost entirely with an extensive rewrite of Tooth & Nail, the sequel to Perishables. I had to make any of a number of changes and expansions and
Starting 2013 at a Sprint Read More »
The last couple of weeks have been further experiments in pricing, with enlightening and slightly annoying results. The short version of this is that pricing doesn’t seem to matter; it’s
Recommendations Matter Most Read More »
I’ve now sold 30 copies of Perishables! Most of those are to people who are not strangers but many of them are to total strangers. How crazy is that? Last
New Experiences Big & Small Read More »
