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Writers — Don’t Submit, Publish!
I am not a big fan of the word “submit” when it refers to sending one’s writing to publishers with the hope of getting published. In fact, I wrote a blog post all about this antipathy. Which is why I...
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A Manifesto!
Mark Coker of Smashwords has created a manifesto for indie authors. While one should be cautious of things calling themselves manifestos, this one is hard to resist if you’ve ever slogged through the...
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Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale starts July 1st!
Every July, Smashwords authors have the opportunity to offer their ebooks at reduced prices (or free) at the Smashwords store. As Smashwords founder and CEO Mark Coker says, “Think of it as a massive...
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Smashwords Survey 2017
Once again, Smashwords CEO Mark Coker has crunched the numbers and shared them with indie authors. Find the complete results here. And get ready to go ebook bargain hunting. The Smashwords...
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A new edition of Mark Coker’s Smashwords Book Marketing Guide (ebook), with 65 book marketing ideas, is now available as a free download at these outlets: Amazon Barnes & Noble iBooks Kobo...
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Our Golden Age?
The early decades of the twenty-first century saw a great flowering of the literary arts, due in large part to the advent of self-publishing on the Internet. The writers called themselves Indie...
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