Link Of The Week
http://www.writershelpdesk.com/ While this web site has items that require money, it is also loaded with free webinars and reports for writers as well! If you’ve ever wondered about self publishing,...
View ArticleTo DRM or Not To DRM?
Song of the Day: Almost Easy by Avenged Sevenfold To DMR or not to DMR? That is the question. DMR, Digital Rights Management, is technology used to limit the use of digital material and the devices...
View ArticleLink of the Week – Gumroad
I admit, I find this week’s link intriguing. But I have no experience with the site. Gumroad is “for independent writers, designers, game developers, musicians, artists, filmmakers, and anyone...
View ArticleLink of the Week – Indie Vs. Trad Publishing
There was quite an exchange last week On the blog A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing between mystery, horror, thriller author Joe Konrath, who just so happens to be a huge advocate and pioneer for...
View ArticleCherry Popping and Fizzle
Song of the Day: Shine by Sevendust My cherry has been popped and I can’t help but feel, well, screwed. Last week, I attended the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in New Orleans. I’m no longer a RT...
View ArticleLink of the Week – Smashwords + Overdrive
For those of you who are Indie authors or are considering going indie… Smashwords has now teamed up with Overdrive. Overdrive is the distributor of ebooks to 90% of the libraries in the US. For someone...
View ArticleTalk Back: Does Facebook make you an unhappy writer?
On my Kindle: Stay by Candi Wall Talk Back – Tell us how you write! There was a French research that came out not too long ago which showed that people who spent a lot of time on Facebook tended to be...
View ArticleLink of the Week – Kindle and Clickfarms, WTH?
Clickfarm employee I have a love/hate relationship with Amazon. As a consumer, I love the ease of shopping with them. As an author, I am in no way happy with their changing book-selling landscape,...
View ArticleLink of the Week – Rank Stripping
Instead of a Hump Day Kick Start today, I am posting a link to writer David Gaughran’s blog Let’s Get Digital. He outlines one author’s ongoing rank-stripping issue by Amazon. It’s a serious problem...
View ArticleLink of the Week – A Voice, Indie Author Support Network
Indie authors are long past being tired of the Zon’s antics. Such monkey business includes rank stripping, disappearing reviews or page reads, sketchy Terms of Service rules, the ease of which scammers...
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