All Blog Posts Tagged 'Worlds' (25)

Once again, I’ve made the cardinal sin of trying to market

my books on forums and threads, and once again, a bunch of people are sending

me nasty replies. Which is fine if these forums and threads had a policy of no

author marketing, but they don’t. I learned early on that trying to post of

those sites gets you a base of enemies real fast. But what still confuses me is

the length that some people will go to, to make you feel bad for even trying to

distribute your…

I’ve been wondering how long it really takes for an author

to write a book. I’m not talking about a first draft, I’m talking about the

point where an author says “done!” and then sends it off to the publisher or

agent. For me, it usually takes about six months to write a draft worthy of

revision. But to consider the manuscript completed it takes a lot longer. Since

all of my books have been through the ringer with both agents and publishers

and I’ve used their advice…

In earlier posts, I’ve often said that I think the 99 cent

price on Kindle books seem to cheapen the worth of the book. Now, I’m not

reversing that conviction completely, but what I will say is that 99 cent books

appear to be selling many more copies than those books priced just a few

dollars higher. Why? Let’s put it in terms of a used bookstore that has a rack

of books for 99 cents and a rack of books for three dollars. As a reader, which

shelf are you likely to…

My father always told me that it's okay to make mistakes, it's how you

learn. Well, I'm about to tell you the mistakes I've learned while marketing

and promoting my books so that you don't have to go through the same things

when you market and promote your books. I'll put them in list form so it's

easier to digest.

Number 1. When posting on forums don't just promote yourself with no other

redeeming information. When I first started out I'd post summaries…