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Category Archives: Ebooks
Reprint Sells Better Than Original For Short Story eBooks
After selling short story ebooks for over a year-and-a-half, I can say that reprint content (i.e., published manuscripts) sells better than original content (i.e., unpublished manuscripts). This may surprise some writers. Although the ebook publishing revolution is the great equalizer … Continue reading
Should Kickstarter Fund Your Next Writing Project? (Part 2)
This is the second part of a two-part blog post. Read Part 1 – The Wrong Way. THE RIGHT WAY The second project is from the artist/writer team of All New Issues web comic who wants $4,000 USD to publish a print … Continue reading
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Should Kickstarter Fund Your Next Writing Project? (Part 1)
I came across two tweets last week about artists using Kickstarter to fund their projects. If you’re not familiar with Kickstarter, it’s a social media website for hosting creative projects, setting a minimum funding goal, and offering various incentive levels … Continue reading
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Read An eBook Week 2012
In honor of “Read An eBook Week” for this year, the following ebook titles at Smashwords are available at 50% off or FREE! A Few Short Stories Omnibus Volume 1 - Now $0.99 (use coupon code REW50) A Few Short Stories … Continue reading
Smashwords, PayPal & My Borderline Incest Short Story eBook
Noticed on Smashwords that PayPal is forcing the removal of erotica ebooks containing bestiality, incest and rape from the marketplace. Although I didn’t receive a notice to remove my short story ebook, “The Unfaithful Camera,” I did send off an … Continue reading
I’m NOT Joining Amazon’s KDP Select Program
Last week Amazon came out with the KDP Select program to entice authors in making their ebooks available through the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library to earn a percentage of the $500,000 pool for this month. Mark Coker pointed out on … Continue reading
Short Story eBook Templates
If you’re interested in publishing your short stories as ebooks, you might get confused by the different formatting requirements of the Word document for Amazon and Smashwords. After studying the Smashwords Style Guide, I came up with an ebook template … Continue reading
Tallying Up Read An eBook Week
The Read An eBook Week (March 6-12, 2011) is now over. All my ebooks over at Smashwords were available for free with a special coupon code. I gave away 109 copies among seven titles, with an average 13 copies for … Continue reading
Eight Is Enough Q&A Interview
My Eight is Enough Q&A interview is up on Sarah-Jane Lehoux’s blog, where I answer eight questions about writing and what ebooks I got coming out in the near future. Please take a moment to read and leave a comment. The … Continue reading
The Fiction Reprint Market Is Dead!
The most frustrating thing about being a short story writer is that the fiction reprint market is dead. A non-fiction writer can write an article for one magazine, change the focus of the article for other magazines, and have a … Continue reading