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A note on Lightning Source/Ingram Digital:  I contacted both of them through separate contact methods to see what they charged for fees, just for digital. The same woman sent me the same files, saying, “This information must have been crossed in email.  I am sending to you again.” One of the files said, “See Attachment […]

Ray’s signed up for Girls on the Run, a 5K race on May 21.  She ran a mock 5K yesterday. I went inside the school to find everyone; they were all bunched up around Ray’s classroom.  Her teacher is one of the leaders of the two groups of girls, 39 total (there were supposed to

Available at Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.com. Coupon for FREE ebook, this Friday-Sunday only:  Use code MP94F at Smashwords or I’ll cry like a baby… Mother & Child Three Extremely Short Stories of Mothers, Children, and the Uncanny Bonds between Them A boy who wants to rescue his mother from her perfect, imaginary life—at

Once in a generation, someone comes along who can made fun of you, totally skewer you, and make you enjoy it. If you’re a writer, Nick Mamatas is that guy.  In Starve Better, the former Clarkesworld editor’s new book out from Apex Book Company, he slams writers, both professional and otherwise, up one side and

Okay, let’s say you make cake for sale. No problem!  You start your own shop and sell cake or you sell cake to other shops or both.  Depends on which direction you want to go. Okay, let’s say you make stories for sale. Well, crap.  You used to have to sell your stories through an

I heard a negative comment about OverDrive yesterday that I won’t pass on because I can’t verify it, but it didn’t sound good.  Still waiting on more info from OverDrive. Lightning Source, to me, is most familiar as a Print on Demand (POD) printer.  I didn’t know until recently that they distribute ebooks, too. Lightning

Time to start working on how indy writers get into markets. Overdrive: This is the system that my library district (Pikes Peak Library District) uses to get books. They also feed into Ebook.com. It looks like Overdrive has two options: Content Reserve (which goes to libraries and other markets) and MIDAS, which allows you to

An awesome blog written by (among other things) a lawyer, “The Passive Voice.” Here’s his latest, on “Don’t Sign Dumb Contracts”: With both publishers and agents, PG recommends a “minimum wage for authors” – a dollar (or Euro, etc.) amount that the author receives every six months or year for a book. If the author

Go to WonderlandPress.com for a coupon for “Abominable” (horror, adult) from today – Sunday. I was going to just do one of these things a week, but 1) stuff changes too fast and 2) the more I dig, the more there is to know. Okay, via Dean, a list of major ebook markets: Amazon.com Barnes

Now at Smashwords, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble. This weekend only! Get “Abominable” FREE at Smashwords using coupon code EZ77Q. Chilling! Abominable The only warmth left is you. (Warning: mature content) You find the love of your life, and work your ass off to get her what she wants.  Now she doesn’t love you anymore.