I’ve self-published three e-books in the past twelve months. Goldfish Dreams [B&N | Amazon] is a mainstream novel about rape and recovery. Goblin Tales [Amazon | B&N] includes five goblin-related short stories. And Kitemaster & Other Stories [B&N | Amazon] collects six of my lighter fantasy tales.


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Spoiler: the goblins win.

Author John Locke recently became the first self-published author to sell more than one million e-books via Amazon. With most of his books at the impulse-buy price of $.99, this means he’s earned probably around $400,000 by my estimation through Amazon. Impressive. Most impressive.

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For those of you wanting the next update on Goldfish Dreams [B&N | Amazon], I checked the numbers, and it’s selling 1-2 copies per week.  I.e., still not king.  So I figured I’d try something else.  Review copies of an e-book cost me nothing but the time it takes to send an e-mail, right?  If you’re a reviewer and would be interested in a review ( Read more... )

I’ve updated the Reporting Sexual Harassment in SF/F page with a link to the Geek Feminism Wiki’s Sample Convention Anti-Harassment Policy.  I particularly appreciate the internal guidelines for convention staff.

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Months ago, when I was talking about how my e-book sales were about 3-5% of my print sales, a champion of self-publishing said my ( Read more... )

Last week, I announced my little experiment, putting my mainstream novel Goldfish Dreams [B&N | Amazon] up for sale as a $2.99, DRM-free e-book.


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Nifty First Book Friday news: Harry Connolly’s piece has been picked up and reprinted at Black Gate.  Congrats, Harry!

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I’ve talked a bit about e-books and self-publishing.  There are folks like J. A. Konrath who claim to make it work.  When I posted about my electronic royalties, Konrath was one of the first to jump in and say flat-out that $6.99 ( Read more... )

Back in March of 2002, I sold my very first novel. This was several years before Goblin Quest. Nope, this was a mainstream novel which almost nobody has ever heard of.

Goldfish Dreams was my Masters project at Eastern Michigan University, and the second book I ever wrote ( Read more... )

My small press novel Goldfish Dreams is going out of print. I'm not at all surprised by this ... really, I'm only surprised the publisher waited this long. Regal Crest is really more of a LGBT publisher, and Goldfish Dreams was a bit of an experiment. A failed experiment. Looking at my records and those of the publisher, it sold between 200 and ( Read more... )

I've received a note from the publisher of Goldfish Dreams which makes me suspect they will be ending the contract soon (for me as well as a number of other books in their stable). They're quoting financial reasons, and from the sound of it, I haven't exactly been one of their top sellers. Not surprising, since Goldfish Dreams was a bit of a ( Read more... )