Tag: indie authors

  • Books! Books!

    Books! Books!

    (links are affiliate links – if you buy through them, it supports this blog a little bit) The print version of the anthology is now available! Eleven stories about young folks having adventures, ranging from epic fantasy settings to space opera. The pivotal point of their lives is changing, but they have family, and that’s…

  • The Limp Writer

    The Limp Writer

      I’m sitting here weaving in my chair a bit. I’m tired again. No surprise, I realize, but I am sorry I’m so inconsistent with blog presence. I just don’t have anything clever to say. Or do. Or… I’m pretty much working and sleeping this week.  However, I did put a book on sale! And…

  • More OPB

    More OPB

    Other People’s Books rides again! You know, this is fun. I get to share the stories my friends create, and I feel less guilty about my glacial writing pace. Whee! I know most of my readers are here because, well, they read. So here’s to having reading noms on tap every week for y’all, while…

  • Indie Authors are Alive and Thriving

    Indie Authors are Alive and Thriving

    Author Earnings is back! I’ve been spending a few moments this morning trying to geek out over the new and improved dataset – it’s the bomb, it really is! – while helping kids get ready for school. I’m seriously excited over this report, which has been nine months in the making. If you’re an author,…

  • Third Annual Indie Author Sale

    Third Annual Indie Author Sale

    reblogged from the Mad Genius Club. If you already own the book, then this is a reminder to write a review! I’d like to thank Amie Gibbons for pulling this together. Between school and life, I’ve been too busy to think straight, let alone do the legwork. You should really check out her work – she…

  • In the Shadows

    In the Shadows

    September 2015 Author Earnings report is out!  Indie self-published books: And then at the top of the graph, in various shades of blue, we have indie self-published books. For simplicity, in this series of charts, we’ve included uncategorized single-author-publishers (who are basically all unconfirmed, low-selling indies) in the indie category. In 2015, we began tracking in our reports which…

  • 2nd Annual Indie Author Labor Day Sale

    2nd Annual Indie Author Labor Day Sale

    A curated list of authors selected works and put them on sale, just for readers like you. If you’ve been waiting for the next fun read, or for a reason to Read Indie, this is that time. All the books are priced between $2.99 and $0.99, affordable ways to explore new worlds. You will find…

  • An Unusual Review: Solutrean Atlantis

    An Unusual Review: Solutrean Atlantis

    As is my normal custom, I purchased this book with the intention of reading for review. I acquired Solutrean Atlantis: Chapters 1-8: Sample Chapters from Amazon, an estimated 77 pages for the sum of $2.99. I will admit freely that I acquired a copy of the book knowing that there were problems, and it was and…

  • Accusations and Consequences

    Accusations and Consequences

    #hugoaward #sadpuppies R K Modena, a wonderful woman I am proud to call a friend, speaks out on the Hugo controversy, and why it is so much more than a tiny teacup tempest over an award. I’m quoting some of her post here, but really, you should go read the whole thing. It is an amazing memoir…

  • Monday Morning Links of Interest

    Monday Morning Links of Interest

    I’m looking at my list of things that must be done before we leave later this month to do things, like: get married, see friends and family, travel for a week… It will be a good time. But at the moment, there is a lot of work to be done that will help it all…

  • Books on Sale, Cheap!

    When was the last time you could pick up a novel for only three dollars? Much less nearly one hundred of them? Oh, I don’t expect that you will buy ALL of the ones on the list, but it’s the first annual Labor Day Independents Book Sale! For a full list of titles and authors,…

  • Anatomy of a Book Cover

    Dorothy Grant published a short series of articles on her blog that I would like to draw your attention to. She’s the brilliant, quieter half, of the man responsible for one of the best new series of Space Operas coming out right now, Peter Grant. I’ve reviewed his work a few times, and will keep…