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Self-Publishing, A Reality Check

January 16, 2012 by Margaret Duarte

Self-Publishing, A Reality Check

Joe Konrath made $100,00 in three weeks selling his self-published books on Kindle. He explains this phenomenal achievement in an article called “Reality Check,” where one sentence stands out like the warning beacon on a highway patrol car. “In the long run, except in the case of bestsellers and huge advances, a writer WILL make more money self-publishing.” Reality check.  Could this really […]

Filed Under: Book Talk, For Writers, Publishing and Marketing Tagged With: Amazon, Andrea Hurst and Associates, Book Marketing, Indie Publishing, Joe Konrath, Lee Lopez, Margie Lawson, Randy Davila, Sherry Jones, Turning Stone Press

An Unpublished Author’s Website

January 9, 2012 by Margaret Duarte

An Unpublished Author's Website

Why do people visit an author’s website? Well, that’s a no-brainer. To read about the author’s published books, of course. And if the visitors are fans or from the media, they’ll also be interested in the author’s bio, her media information, and ways to contact her. So where does that leave an unpublished author like me?  I mean, why should I even bother putting up a website and then […]

Filed Under: Building an Author Website, For Readers, For Writers, Publishing and Marketing Tagged With: Author's website, Hapmpton Roads Publishing Company, Randy Davila

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