Tag Archives: indie versus traditional

Even more on sockpuppets and fake reviews

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Cora

We’re still talking about sockpuppets and bought reviews, so here are the latest links: A group of mostly crime writers has published a sort of open letter condemning paid reviews and sockpuppeting called “No sockpuppets here, please”. Barry Eisler responds … Continue reading →

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Yet more on the paid and fake reviews uproar

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Cora

The uproar that the true secret behind John Locke’s remarkable e-book sales was that Locke paid for reviews is still going on. I already blogged about the paid reviews scandal and what remains of John Locke’s advice one year later … Continue reading →

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Indie publishing, Politics and the Future of the Novel

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Cora

Kristine Kathryn Rusch offers a brilliant take on Ewan Morrison’s screed that there will be no more professional writers in the future. I already skewered that particular missive by Mr Morrison here. If Morrison keeps this up, he’ll need his … Continue reading →

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Sue Grafton, Ewan Morrison and the latest indie publishing uproars

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Cora

Mystery author Sue Grafton caused a minor uproar in indie publishing land, when she called self-publishing “the lazy option” in an interview with the Louisville Gazette, her hometown paper. The original interview is here and here is the relevant quote: … Continue reading →

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More publishing doom and gloom, another bestseller and July sales figures

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Cora

Ewan Morrison, self-proclaimed doomsayer of the imminent death of literature, publishing and Western culture as we know it, is at it again and informs us at the Guardian that social media does not sell books (he does have a point … Continue reading →

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The latest indie publishing sensation and German responses to Amazon’s publishing ventures

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Cora

The Telegraph reports about the newest self-publishing phenomenon, British writer Kerry Wilkinson who sold more than 250 000 books in less than a year, which made him the bestselling Kindle author in the UK. Of course, mega-bestselling indie writers are … Continue reading →

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The Book is Dying… Again – Doom and Gloom at the Guardian

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Cora

Ewan Morrison, who proclaimed the death of the book as we know it six months ago, is back at the Guardian. Since the book steadfastly refuses to die, Morrison is now declaring electronic self-publishing a bubble that will burst any … Continue reading →

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E-Book and Indie Publishing Perspectives from the Mainstream Media

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Cora

With e-book sales having gone up over the holidays, there have also been a couple of new articles on the rise of e-books and indie publishing in mainstream news outlets: The venerable BBC has discovered the indie publishing phenomenon and … Continue reading →

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2011 – Year of the Indie

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Cora

2011 has been quite a year for me. I began looking into indie publishing around January/February of 2011 and launched Pegasus Pulp Publishing on July 3, 2011, with three books. Now, almost half a year later, I have twelve books … Continue reading →

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Why pay good money for something you can do yourself?

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Cora

Today’s big news is that Penguin, one of the so-called “big six” publishers, is launching a self-publishing service called Book Country, which offers authors such services as formatting, conversion, cover design, upload, etc… for the low fee of between 99 … Continue reading →

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