I really didn’t want to blog about Amazon’s Kindle Scout-I’m not interested in the good/bad debate-but I do think the conversation about the program is highlighting perfectly the business divide between self-publishers and (most) hybrids, and those who are focused solely (or overwhelmingly) on landing or keeping a contract with a “traditional” ( Read more... )

One reason you'll hear many self-publishers express happiness with Amazon is the ease with which one can work with them.

The proper version of Sand of Bone was available through Amazon within about four hours of uploading. No fuss, no muss ( Read more... )

On my one month anniversary as a member of SFWA, I discovered the board had determined the letter mentioned in this blog post was a correct summation of the situation and remedies involved in the Amazon/Hachette dispute, an accurate representation of my beliefs, and must be SFWA-endorsed the day before a long holiday weekend over which so many ( Read more... )

First: I am in love with this article by Sherwood Smith and Rachel Manija Brown. As I mentioned in comments at sartorias's LJ, a female character cannot be confident, competent, and likeable without being deemed a Mary Sue. (That doesn't even touch upon appearance, which is a whole 'nother target of spite and vitriol.) I remember a beta reader once telling ( Read more... )

It is now a real ebook!

I'm playing with KDP Select on this one. For ninety days, the ebook will be available exclusively through Amazon. If you're an Amazon Prime member, you can borrow it for free during that time.

The link and the blurb are at Wellness for Real LifeI'm also doing a rolling launch to see if I can attract numbers enough to ( Read more... )

Look: I know I ought to be revising the first chapters of both CHANT and SAND, but I'm taking a little diversion.

Amazon is, to some, the harbinger of the apocalypse. To others, the company is a great resource that yet makes folks uncomfortable with its expansions. What I see, though, is an objective lesson in lemonade production. This isn't about ( Read more... )