Guest Post by Brett Battles
Brett Battles’s first novel, THE CLEANER, is the first in a series about man named Quinn who cleans up messes, dead bodies in Click here to read
Brett Battles’s first novel, THE CLEANER, is the first in a series about man named Quinn who cleans up messes, dead bodies in Click here to read
Crimespree Magazine is a longtime friend of this author, and the writing community in general. Jon and Ruth Jordan, who run the mag, are two of the Click here to read
For those who missed it, last week I offered to donate $500 to First Book if my novel, ORIGIN, cracked the Top 100 on Kindle. It did, and I gave Click here to read
Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath Continue to Discuss Ebooks and Self-Publishing (with some help from Dean Wesley Smith) Joe: So two weeks ago we Click here to read
In February, Guido Henkel did a guest post about his sales, which weren’t up to his expectations. I offered some advice, and so did many Click here to read
Last month, I asked Blake to do a guest post about self-pubbing his latest novel. Here’s his follow-up… Blake: 32 days ago, I posted on Click here to read
Scott Nicholson is launching his new thriller Liquid Fear today. He’s also giving away a $100 gift certificate on participating blogs if he hits Click here to read
ORIGIN, the technothriller novel I dropped the price on a weeks ago, is currently at #103 in the Kindle store. Naturally, I’d like to crack Click here to read
I’ve collaborated with many writers, including F. Paul Wilson, Jeff Strand, Henry Perez, Tom Schreck, and Blake Crouch. I’m currently Click here to read
Are you an author? Have you self-pubbed on Smashwords.com yet? If not, you’re missing out on making money. In the past year, I’ve Click here to read
I get a lot of email, and though I try to read it all, I can’t reply to everyone. Here’s one I replied to, reprinted with the Click here to read
“Ebooks will replace print! Print is dead!” Lots of people attribute that quote, and that perspective, to me. They’re mistaken. Click here to read
This is a live Google docs discussion. It examines the history and mechanics of the publishing industry as it exists today, analyzes the way the Click here to read
From March 1 to March 16 at 3pm, my ebook The List, priced at 99 cents and fluctuating in rank between #13 and #23, earned $5647. It averaged $375 Click here to read
On February 15 at 7:30pm, I dropped the price of my ebook The List from $2.99 to 99 cents. It has now been that price for a month. So I’m Click here to read
So I’m looking at the latest New York Times bestseller list, and their combined print and ebook bestsellers for the week ending March Click here to read
One thousand eight hundred and forty-six. That’s how many self-pubbed books I’m selling daily. This is an average of the 12 days and Click here to read
Years ago, Zoe Winters used to comment on my blog, objecting whenever I mentioned that self-publishing was a bad idea. I was correct. Back then, it Click here to read
I asked Selena Blake to do a guest post back in January, and she did, but I haven’t had a chance to post it until now. At the end of her post Click here to read
Three years ago, I had an idea for a spy novel. One that had a cold-as-ice female assassin, and more action in it than three other thrillers Click here to read
If you’re paying any attention to the Amazon Top 100, you’ll know that my ebook, The List, is currently ranked #35. You’ll also Click here to read
Elsewhere on the internets, I’ve heard the current ebook boom being described as a bubble. One that will eventually burst. That’s Click here to read
Eighteen days ago, I dropped the price of my ebook, The List, from $2.99 to 99 cents on Amazon. I was selling 40 copies a day prior to Click here to read
So you’ve got this story you want to e-publish. It’s about 5000 words long. You’ve seen the success Barry Eisler has had with The Click here to read
I love success stories. I especially love success stories when the recipient of success struggled to attain it. The reason we all relate to the Click here to read