Category Archives: Publishing

German TV almost discovers indie publishing

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Cora

Visiting the web presence of Kulturzeit, a daily 40 minute TV program on culture and arts topics, I spotted the following headline: “Amazon joins ranks of book publishers.” “Huh”, I thought, “has Kulturzeit discovered indie publishing? This is gonna be … Continue reading →

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Nomenclatura, sales and non-fiction e-books

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Cora

Paul Jessup really doesn’t like the term “indie publishing”. I’m not overly happy with the term “indie publishing” myself, but that seems to be the term that has become established. Nor do I really understand the strong objections to the … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on Sales, Promotion and Strategy

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Cora

The blog feed on my Amazon.com author page is now working. Though I’m syndicating the posts from my main blog, because that’s where most of the action is. Talking of action, my Mary Sue post from yesterday got quite a … Continue reading →

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Indie publishing, traditional publishing or both?

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Cora

First of all, a brief housekeeping note. I have added links to the dedicated e-book pages on the bibliography page, because I noticed that a lot of visitors only click on the bibliography and not on the e-book pages. This … Continue reading →

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The Pricing Issue

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Cora

Zoe Winters speaks out against pricing all e-books regardless of length at 99 cents. I very much agree with her. 99 cents is a great price for short stories and for limited promotions. But permanently selling a novella or even … Continue reading →

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Indie Publishing Cheer and Indie Publishing Gloom and Doom

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Cora

Indie Publishing Cheer: The latest sacred cow of publishing slain by Dean Wesley Smith is the myth that you cannot make money writing fiction. Because you can, via what Dean Wesley Smith calls the “magic bakery”, that is your entire … Continue reading →

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Indie publishing links for the weekend

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Cora

Shape No. 8, the latest Pegasus Pulp e-book, launched yesterday, so check it out. And now for some indie publishing links: Dean Wesley Smith also responds to that Wall Street Journal article and also dispells the myth that a traditionally … Continue reading →

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Some responses to that Wall Street Journal article

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Cora

Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes a great response to that Wall Street Journal article I linked to yesterday. David Gaughran offers another great takedown of the Wall Street Journal piece. He also has a series on indie publishing for international writers … Continue reading →

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The mainstream media discovers indie publishing and is not amused

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Cora

The explosion of digital indie and self-publishing (no one seems quite sure what to call it yet) has also caught the attention of the mainstream media, as evidenced by a couple of articles that have appeared recently. At the Guardian, … Continue reading →

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