Category: publishing
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Four ways I format my books to increase readability
I for sure know that the Big 5 publishing companies have the cash to make their books more accessible and offer more large-print editions without jacking up the price. Indie authors like myself can figure out a place in the middle that increases accessibility without severely increasing the price of…
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Lessons Learned During my First Year as an Indie Romance Author
I’m a learn-by-doing person, which is a polite way of saying that I like learning things the hard way. Other complementary personality traits include faking-it-till-I-make-it and too-impatient-to-research-things-first.
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Author Speak: What’s an ARC?
Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) are a regular topic amongst bookish folks. The conversations range from ARC distribution best practices to bad behavior by authors and/or readers. How ARCs are handled is very much dependent on individual authors and publishers so consider this information the bare bones foundation.
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Radio Romance: Slow Burn Novella Available July 16
It’s pub month for RADIO ROMANCE! My next spicy novella will be available for purchase on July 16 and I’m trying a little something different this time.
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A Random Sampling of Things You May Not Know about Romance Novels and Publishing
I’d like to tell you that I learned most of this stuff when I was getting a masters in publishing, but unfortunately that information remains outdated and useless. Here’s a random sampling of things I picked up in the few years I’ve been doing this author thing.