There are two popular ways to go about publishing online. One is to take advantage of Amazon's Kindle Select program...

Building your own cover—or finding someone who can build one for you—is a daunting task for inexperienced authors. Where are the best places

Everyone's publishing timeline works differently, but when you're preparing to launch your book, it's a good idea to look ahead.

Whether you write in a popular, mainstream genre or prefer to stick to fictional tales of goat farm romance in central Europe. . .

Audiobook technology has come a long way in recent decades. Even if you don’t have a setup (or a good radio voice). . .

Let’s look at the facts. First of all, the publishing world is big. Second of all, new authors self publish their books every day.

*Disclaimer: I realize there are inconsistencies in the formatting of this post. Please bear with me as I completely overhaul Finish That...

Infinity’s Gambit–my sample story! Every year, I look forward to attending the online self-publishing conference called Indie Author...

This might come as a shock to you, but there is no such thing as a well-written best-seller. It’s what everyone wants to create, and...

It’s been old news for me since Friday night–my book got rejected by Kindle Scout. It held on much longer than I had expected, but what I...

The campaign is over. The final day added 22 additional hours on Hot and Trending, and ever since I received news that the editors are...

Please vote for my Kindle Scout Campaign here through 2/06/16:  https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/X0Z1F8GSDDVB If you’ve noticed a...

Vote here: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/X0Z1F8GSDDVB Today I reviewed the results on my stats page and was startled by some of the...

I do have competition–four or five other books also started their campaign today. And one of them is already trending. Already trending....

I’ll admit, I’ve been too busy for blog posts lately. Writing and editing and more editing has kept me working full-time–but with a...

One of the more difficult aspects of self-publishing is deciding your price. If you price your novel too expensively, no one will want to...

I’ve been building quite a bit of recognition lately, and it’s a mixed bag. People have expectations, and I need to be careful to keep my...

When I was trying to find reviewers for my novel Automaton, there was one thing that they mentioned repeatedly as convincing them to read...

I have learned recently that one of the best ways to get publicity for a book, whether independently or traditionally published, is to...

The self-publishing community has been in an outrage lately over Kindle Unlimited’s decision to base payments on how much of your book...