Sometimes you forget exactly how far you’ve come in under three years. Twelve books which I’m quite proud of publishing (and yes, that is not counting my own […]
Measure Twice, Register For an ISBN Once (and Where Bowker’s Data Reveals A Surprising Correlation About Smashwords)
If you’re part of the online “indie publishing” community, you’re probably hearing that Smashwords is the #1 producer of Indie eBooks in the US. This claim is… questionable… […]
Paying Authors Through Crowdfunding: How To Know It Is Being Done Ethically
I have heard rumblings from some authors who are complaining about the “recent practice of offering ‘early submission’ of stories to a publisher in return for Kickstarter or […]
Link Salad: References From The Digital Publishing Talk
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Digital Publishing presentation tonight as part of the Dayton area run-up to NaNoWriMo! These are the resources I mentioned tonight […]
The Strange Stuff You Have To Watch For In Contracts
In a rather lengthy comment thread about a new eBook distributor, some elements of their contract came up as … problematic. It’s the same sorts of things that […]
Having a Useful ReadMeFirst in Your eBooks
I’ve just recently updated my "ReadMeFirst" file that I zip into every Alliteration Ink archive and updated the "how to sideload" page on the Alliteration Ink website with […]