Tag Archive: publishing

Jan 22

Want to try out Booktype?

Well, here’s the cool thing.

I got a Booktype server up and running on http://booktype.stoneforger.com

What’s Booktype? It’s an online collaboration, authoring, and publication suite.

You can work on your book project alone, in teams, as …

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Dec 15

Fictionpress profile

I just found out about Fictionpress, so I created a profile and uploaded the “Of Man, Sun and stars” collection over there as well. I’ll be uploading new stuff there, as well as at

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Dec 08

KDP Select!

I just logged in KDP and found out about KDP Select.

It’s a program run by Amazon to enroll your digital works into a Lending library of sorts. There’s an associated shared fund, and there’s also a free promotion option, something that should actually become a standard feature in KDP.

That being said, I enrolled …

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May 10

It’s a slow process

Writing, and publishing, and all that comes with it, is indeed a slow, deliberate process. Hoping that the book at some point will take off on its own merit is like betting on the miraculous recovery of the proverbial dead parrot. Statistically speaking, according to quantum theory, it is possible, it’s just that the chances …

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May 08

On the hunt (for an agent)

I know it’s a Lynyrd Skynyrd song (one of my favorites), but what I’m trying to say is I’m actively hunting for an agent or a publisher. Some publishers, the more acclaimed ones, will not accept unsolicited submissions, and especially not via e-mail. Some do, but the average reply time is about half a year …

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Apr 17

Making of a book – The easy part

After getting the printed copy of Forge of Stones in my hands, I ran into probably the most important problem authors ran into: editing.

I noticed the book was lacking in editing. I’m not talking about the writing style, or what parts of the story should be left out, tweaked or completely rewritten. In the …

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Mar 22

Here comes the book!

I got my ISBN numbers, and set up the book on Amazon. Within two days, it’ll be available in print as well as an e-book. Prices will be $15 for the printed version and $0.99 for the Kindle e-book version. I wish I could lower the printed version price more, but it’s a 400-page 5.25″x8″ …

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