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E-books vs Print: Is it time to turn the page?

What if my next page-turner doesn’t have any pages?

As I write this post I am up to my elbows in finalizing the formatting and interior lay-out for the print version of my new thriller Grave Undertakings (sequel to the acclaimed Asylum Lake). The entire frustrating process has me questioning the future of my titles in print. The far-less cumbersome e-book formatting has been done for some time and it begs the question: am I committing author suicide if my next page-turner doesn’t have any pages at all?

Don’t get me wrong, I love print books. I still haven’t invested […]

Rich Evans2017-03-24T09:17:15+02:00April 3rd, 2011|Categories: Features, Member Blog|

Write what YOU want to read…or watch.

In my youth, I was surrounded by books and movies (I even worked in a dollar theater for a time that showed second-run movies.), so I guess you could say that “stories” are what helped me grow up. Even when I was in college at the U.S. Naval Academy, I was a history major, primarily because the classes were like sitting through advanced story-time, at least in my opinion. I wrote the requisite papers for school, but it wasn’t until my graduate work that I really caught the writing bug.

I wrote a paper on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps […]

Matthew M. Frick2011-03-30T15:01:57+02:00March 30th, 2011|Categories: Features, Member Blog|Tags: Writing Tips|

eBook Authors: Use The POWER of Links

One of the first things an eBook Author must learn to use is the power of links. Whether you’re creating your ebook, setting up your web site, writing a blog or joining a group on the Internet, hyperlinks are what make things happen. The more clicks, the more chances of your success. The synergy created by links is a powerful thing.

With that said, where should you put links? The following is a list of possible opportunities for linking.

Your eBook Author Page

Let’s start with your ebook. You should always have an author page with links to everything in […]

James Moushon2019-02-18T12:22:05+02:00March 24th, 2011|Categories: Member Blog, Resources|Tags: Amazon News and Tips, Writing Tips|

Barry Eisler Turns Down $500K to Self-Publish

Fascinating discussion between Barry Eisler and JA Konrath at Konrath’s blog.

Barry: Here’s something that happened about a year ago. Anecdotal, but still telling, I think. My wife and daughter and I were sitting around the dinner table, talking about what kind of contract I would do next, and with what publisher. And my then eleven-year-old daughter said, “Daddy, why don’t you just self-publish?”

And I thought, wow, no one would have said something like that even a year ago. I mean, it used to be that self-publishing was what you did if you couldn’t get a traditional deal.

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Henry Baum2015-03-31T01:01:43+02:00March 21st, 2011|Categories: Member Blog|

Farr Point by Sam Havens

The smell of oil is in the air, and so is murder, when eighteen-year-old Eddie Tipton arrives in a small Texas town with his widowed mother in 1950. Eddie and his teacher mother take rooms in the home of Texas oil widow, Faye Ruth Collier. Eddie spends time with handyman Ned Cotton and soon learns that Mrs. Collier’s late husband was murdered a few years earlier. Ned Cotton warns Eddie to stay away from Faye Ruth and to ignore the murder of Lawrence Collier. Eddie, of course, cannot resist.

Making his way in a new school, dodging the stigma of […]

Sam Havens2011-03-20T09:48:17+02:00March 20th, 2011|Categories: Member Blog|

How to Talk to Famous People

HOW TO TALK TO FAMOUS PEOPLE AND MAKE YOUR GRANDMA LAUGH

A Randomly Organized Book About Life and Comedy

Through a collection of humorous and random observations, “How to Talk to Famous People” is ready to shatter your comfort zone. Get ready to embark on a journey that finally reorganizes your passions in the right direction. With a new book, Tommy Leonard is sneaking into the book world with a new fresh look at comedy. Check it out on amazon.com.

Tommy’s desire is to wake you up to your dreams, make you smile, and help you become socially less awkward. […]

Tommy Leonard2020-02-21T06:30:21+02:00March 19th, 2011|Categories: Member Blog|

The Challenges of Being a Newly-Published Author

So, I’ve written a book and had it published. How exciting! It seems as if new doors are opening and that I have embarked upon a new career. That is true, but the challenges have only just begun. Now, the task is to get the word out. Major TV networks aren’t exactly knocking at my door. Where do I begin?

These are the questions I had to ask myself after I published the highly-rated Misadventures of Sister Mary Olga Fortitude which I soon followed up with the first sequel, Babes in Bucksnort. I knew that I had good books […]

David Cowdery2020-02-21T03:57:58+02:00March 13th, 2011|Categories: Features, Member Blog|Tags: Author Branding|

So, You Want to Write a Book

Each of you has a book in yourself. After all, you all have your life stories. That is a starting point; at least it was for me. I wrote my memoirs about recovery from multiple addictions and mental illness. It helped me to heal and to learn how to put my thoughts down on paper. You can do that too.

Each of you is creative energy. You may not realize it. Just let yourself sit with that thought for awhile. Then try putting a pen to paper when the inspiration comes. You will be amazed at what can come out […]

David Cowdery2011-03-22T21:39:44+02:00March 13th, 2011|Categories: Features, Member Blog|