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Call T.O.D. On KDP Select And Smash The Words.

On April 19, 2013, in eBook Distribution, eBook Formatting, Editing, KDP Select, Marketing, Opinion, Proofreading, Smashwords, The Market, by rsguthrie

When I first began this digital publishing journey in 2011, I used Smashwords founder Mark Coker’s Smashwords Style Guide (which is free, BTW) as my bible to format an eBook, even though I was mostly planning on selling books on Amazon. At the time, Amazon had a true lion’s share of the market (something like […]

Gunfight at the 99 Cent Corral

On August 8, 2012, in eBook Pricing, Giveaways, Indie Authors, Indie Reader, KDP Select, Marketing, Opinion, The Market, by rsguthrie

I have a Free Kindle Nation Short (FKNS) ad running today. It’s basically a one-day email blast to 20,000+ subscribers and includes six chapters of my new book as a sampling. Now mind you, every person who’s read this book has raved about it. I am my own worst critic and I am telling you […]

Idol for Authors, Part Deux

On July 27, 2012, in Celebrities, Contests, DAUGHTRY, Encouragement for Indies, Fame and Fortune, Famous Writers, Future Ideas, Idol for Authors, Indie Authors, JAMES ELLROY, New Books, Opinion, OPRAH, The Market, by rsguthrie

I was replying to comments on the original “American Idol for Authors” post and the creative juices (and pitch man) in me started into overdrive. I noticed the other day a Tweep retweeted the blog post to Oprah—now I am not a loon and I have no expectation that she read the blog (or tweet, […]

For Whom The Blog Tolls

On July 20, 2012, in Blogging, eBook Pricing, Indie Authors, Indie Reader, Opinion, Personal Experience, Reviewers, STEPHEN KING, The Market, by rsguthrie

I received a thought-provoking email from a reader this morning that immediately spurred my next blog post, its thoroughness and the points it pondered being: A) Completely relevant to my (and any other author/writer’s) blog and B) Timely, as I had been considering my blog, the fact that I really would like to blog about […]

What To Charge For Your Book (Or: George Carlin Might Know; He Can Ask God)

On July 13, 2012, in Book Release, eBook Pricing, GEORGE CARLIN, Humor, Indie Authors, Indie Reader, LOUIS C.K., New Books, Opinion, The Market, by rsguthrie

My last post was a little heavy. Elie Wiesel. The holocaust. God on trial. I decided today I would be a little more of the light-hearted self and talk about book pricing. Nothing heavy or controversial about that. Ahem. No, but take my wife…seriously. By the way, before we get started, I missed my 100th […]

Power-Wash Your Writing

On June 28, 2012, in eBook Pricing, Indie Authors, Opinion, The Market, Writing Tips, by rsguthrie

The other day we had the wood on our fences and our deck power-washed. If you had asked me a couple of days before that what the boards on the fence and deck were worth I would have said “nothing”. They were an awful shade of gray—not light gray, or bright gray, but that dingy, […]

Are You Still Trying to Sell A Million EBooks?

On June 18, 2012, in Indie Authors, Miscellaneous, Opinion, The Market, Writing Tips, by rsguthrie

I know a few people who play the lottery. Many of my friends are engineers, and mathematicians long ago calculated that your odds of taking out a ten million dollar life insurance policy and then flying from one coast to the other every hour of every day would be a better investment than purchasing one […]

Back Pain Sucks (or, Despite my Back, I’m Back) – Dedicated to Caleb

On June 14, 2012, in Events, FREE STUFF, Giveaways, Miscellaneous, New Books, Opinion, Soap Box, Teaser/Sample, The Market, WIP, by rsguthrie

Wow. We had a wallop of a storm here a week ago and I tried to pretend I still had a little of the twenty year-old Herculean in me, running through the wind, downpour, and driving hail to save our basement from flooding. Oh, did I mention I was carrying a 27 foot extension ladder […]

Indies, Babies, Bathwater, and a Farewell to the Dark Ages

On May 20, 2012, in Famous Writers, HuffPost, Indie Authors, Indie Reader, Opinion, The Market, by rsguthrie

Last Friday was the one year anniversary of the publishing of my first book as an Indie. Note I no longer use the moniker “self” in front of my published status. The reasons I stopped using that word are myriad and akin to the same reason that in our household we never used the word […]

My Novel Is Worth More Than John Locke’s Comb

On May 4, 2012, in Celebrities, Famous Writers, Indie Authors, Opinion, Rant, Soap Box, The Market, by rsguthrie

Okay, this is it. The rant to end all rants. I’m warning you here. I’m done being nice. I’ve talked to too many Indie authors who feel the same way I do. I’m saying it. I have to say it. I hope all of you who feel the same as I do will rise […]

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Call T.O.D. On KDP Select And Smash The Words.

Gunfight at the 99 Cent Corral

Idol for Authors, Part Deux

For Whom The Blog Tolls

What To Charge For Your Book (Or: George Carlin Might Know; He Can Ask God)

Power-Wash Your Writing

Are You Still Trying to Sell A Million EBooks?

Back Pain Sucks (or, Despite my Back, I’m Back) – Dedicated to Caleb

Indies, Babies, Bathwater, and a Farewell to the Dark Ages

My Novel Is Worth More Than John Locke’s Comb

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