by Lee Purcell | Apr 22, 2014 | Interview, Sell
As the author of six works of fiction and a number of self-help titles for authors, career changers, and others, Joanna Penn often finds inspiration for her thrillers during travels around the world. For example, the catacombs of Paris served to spark her imagination...
by Lee Purcell | Mar 29, 2014 | Sell
This interview by Anne Hill with Jane Friedman and Manjula Martin explores the tenuous and elusive link between money and writing, as well as the birth of a new magazine, SCRATCH, that serves to demystify the methods for getting paid for your writing efforts. Some...
by John Jerney | Mar 10, 2014 | Beginner, Discover, Sell
Hugh Howey at authorearnings.com describes an innovative data mining study to determine whether it is in an indie-author’s financial interest to self-publish. The 7k Report ePublish Yourself Intelligence Hugh Howey reports the following: The major booksellers...
by John Jerney | Mar 6, 2014 | Sell
Jeremy Greenfield at Digital Book World lists the top 25 ebook bestsellers, this week dominated by Veronica Roth with the Divergent Series. HarperCollins Continues Dominance of Top of Ebook Best-Seller List ePublish Yourself Intelligence The top 10 books (see the...
by John Jerney | Feb 27, 2012 | Sell
(Photo credit: Fréderic) There has been a bit of chatter among authors surrounding Amazon’s new Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, which allows Amazon Prime members to borrow up to one book a month for free with no due dates. Much of the controversy revolves around...