by admin | Apr 14, 2021 | indie publishing
After a couple years of “occasionally” using Prolific Works while paying $20/month ($240/yr) for its “Plus Plan”, I downgraded to the free version and decided to give StoryOrigin a shot. It’s less than one-third (!) the price and has...
by admin | May 2, 2019 | indie publishing, miscellania
The Kindle Storyteller Award 2019 is a literary prize recognising outstanding writing. It is open to writers publishing in English in any genre, who publish their work through Kindle Direct Publishing between 1st May and 31 August 2019. Readers play a significant role...
by admin | Apr 20, 2019 | freebies, indie publishing, short fiction
That’s right, The Masq short story is three for three days on Amazon. The campaign runs from Sunday to Tuesday. Specifically: Sunday, April 21, 2019, 12:00 AM PDT to Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 11:59 PM PDT. It’s three-month stint in Kindle Unlimited will...
by admin | Mar 21, 2019 | business, indie publishing
When it comes to indie publishing, every article, interview, podcast, video, and conversation imparts the same piece of advice. Start. A. Mailing. List. Sigh. Seeing as I’m neither a fan of business nor marketing, I have been putting this off. Of course, I...
by admin | Mar 20, 2019 | indie publishing, short fiction
In a follow up to yesterday’s post about using Prolific Works to give away free Advance Reader Copies (ARC), I am also trying out some other avenues. There are 20 copies available on Booksprout, and you can grab one here. The Humid Jack just wants to raise his...
by admin | Feb 1, 2019 | indie publishing, short fiction
As mentioned in the previous post, I’ve decided to start selling stories on Amazon. Amazon has an interesting system in place. They’ll pay 70% if you price your book between $2.99 and $9.99, but everything priced outside those parameters will only reel in...
