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Announcing Exciting Press

I’ve been sitting on some news for a while, but now that some books are up and things are moving forward, I feel more comfortable making a formal announcement: I’ve officially founded Exciting Press, a...

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Why I’m Going Amazon Exclusive (For Now)

After careful consideration, I’ve removed my collection from Smashwords and enrolled all my books in Amazon’s new KDP Select program. I did it for both professional and moral reasons that disagree with...

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Some Thoughts on Free & Amazon

Lately, there’s been a price trick among independent authors using Smashwords and Amazon: if one made one’s ebook available to Smashwords’ distributors (like B&N and Kobo and Apple) free, Amazon...

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Apple’s iBooks Author EULA: Actually Evil, or Just Misunderstood?

Last week, in an event specified as education-related, Apple announced new software that enables authors to more easily create and publish media-rich digital content. They’re calling the sales app...

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Further on Kindle Select and the Amazon Lending Library

The other day, Inside the Outside author Martin Lastrapes asked me about Kindle Select (or Kindle Direct Publishing Select, or KDP Select, depending on the day and who’s typing, it seems). I’m now...

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The Present and Future of the Reading Business

Over the weekend, The New York Times ran a long article on the current state and possible future of Barnes & Noble. It’s an interesting article with a strange, near-defeated tone. It goes out of...

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The Prodigal Hour: Free For a Limited Time

Self explanatory, isn’t it? Over Christmas, I tried the free thing and saw stories and essays get downloaded more than 1200 times. I’m interested to see what will happen with a novel. For anyone new...

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The Free Dilemma: Kindle Select, No-Price Sales, & New Readers

Hey, right now, my pre-/post-9/11 time-travel novel, The Prodigal Hour is free for Kindle. I have to be honest with you: I have absolutely no idea how to feel about that. A lot of authors are doing...

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How Free Affects New Publishing

At the time of this writing, The Prodigal Hour is free on Kindle and has, in a day and a half, been downloaded more than 2000 times, and it currently ranks alongside George R.R. Martin’s latest novel...

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Amazon’s Awesome Customer Service

Posted in UncategorizedSeveral weeks ago, I purchased a Sony RX100 to bring on my honeymoon—where I was disappointed to notice a dark spot on the sensor. After getting back, I filed a return claim with...

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