Thank you to Christine Nolfi, author of Treasure Me and Second Chance Grill, for sharing her experience of sourcing reviews and building relationships with bloggers. Launch Your Book with Great … [Read more...]
Guest Post: Reaching Readers & Breaking Through The Indie Noise
December 5, 2012 by
Today, The Indie Exchange welcomes Adam Charles, co-founder of iWriteReadRate.com. Thank you, Adam, for visiting us today to share your thoughts! Reaching Readers & Breaking Through The … [Read more...]
Guest Post: Authors: It’s Not Just A Book, It’s A Product – Karen Pokras Toz
November 4, 2012 by
I recently sat in on a writing panel where I was asked, “What’s the best advice you can tell an aspiring writer about successfully publishing his or her book as an independent author?” My … [Read more...]
Learn from Me How to Avoid a Self-Publishing Calamity
September 29, 2012 by
17,500 readers downloaded my Kindle version of Bluff, my debut novel, thanks to the free giveaway promotion KDP Select offers those who wish to sign up. That was the count halfway through day three of … [Read more...]
Guest Post: And Then What Happened – Daniel Haight
September 13, 2012 by
I wanted to share a quick writing trick that I use when mapping out the plot of a story. As you know, great stories are a blend of story, pacing, great characters, dialogue. I like to see great … [Read more...]
“Please Give Something Back” – Before You Share It, Have You?
August 25, 2012 by
A new graphic is storming its way across the internet today with authors praising it and urging their readers/supporters to take note. At the time of writing it had close to 700 shares. And yes their … [Read more...]
Newsletter Best Practices and Anti-Spam Laws
August 18, 2012 by
You write books, you have fans, you network and sweat and lose sleep and friends over the time you pour into the thing you love. Why then, turn around and be a thorn in the side of the very people … [Read more...]
Lenore Skomal: Never have a backup plan when you’re a writer
August 11, 2012 by
This is a guest post by award-winning author Lenore Skomal, Probably the worst advice I ever got from my father—may he rest in peace and not come back to haunt me—was, “You need to have a … [Read more...]
10 Questions You Won’t be Hearing in a Book Club Today
July 30, 2012 by
Let me preface this post by saying that I don’t mean to cause any offense. It’s a big world, and everybody is free to enjoy their books any way they want. There – I’ve got that out of the … [Read more...]
Falling Off the Cliffhanger …
July 25, 2012 by
I read a lot of series books. I like the continuing storylines and getting to spend so much time with the characters. I enjoy seeing characters grow and change as they face different situations and … [Read more...]
Guest Post: The Trouble with Names – The Other Stephen King
July 16, 2012 by
“You must hear name jokes all the time.” “Don’t you wish you had his money?” “Were you named after him?” I’ve heard comments like these all my life. See, the name recorded … [Read more...]
A Book Blogger’s Take on the 3* Rating
July 4, 2012 by
I want to start off by saying that this is a topic that has been debated about a lot lately and I wanted to put in my thoughts on it as well. First off I want to say that every blogger is … [Read more...]
