Today, I did something I've been planning to do for a long time. I uploaded Better than Perfect to Smashwords. For the past several months, that novel was my only book (out of 8) to be exclusive on Amazon. In fact, since it's publication in 2014, it has never been listed in e-book format on … Continue reading The Amazon Decision
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Genre Bias
I began drafting this blog post several days ago, but never published it. I happened to pop over to Facebook (as I'm prone to do), stumbled upon several posts and articles about a huge shakedown at Amazon, and got completely derailed. Well, now I'm back to finish this post, and strangely, the upheaval in the … Continue reading Genre Bias
Fear of Formatting
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game” ~ Babe Ruth If you're a baseball fan, you've read this quote. If you've ever seen A Cinderella Story staring Hillary Duff you will remember this quote from the movie. It's a great quote--and we're going to use a variation of this for today's … Continue reading Fear of Formatting
It’s Nothing Personal
I'm not sure how many of you are aware of this, but there's a war going on. Waged on the battlefields of Goodreads and Amazon, it's a war between readers and authors. Well, actually, it isn't quite that simple. Authors seem to be split--some side with the readers, some side with the authors crying 'bully,' … Continue reading It’s Nothing Personal
All I Have to Say 