Category Archives: self publishing

How Sidney Williams escaped midlist oblivion

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Chris Walters

In this interview, author Sidney Williams discusses retro computers, how to budget for ebooks, lost gems on Project Gutenberg, and why he’s chosen to publish his novels through Crossroad Press. Continue reading →

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What you need to know about the ‘Spam on the Kindle’ story

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Chris Walters

The hot story the past few days is that spam ebooks are taking over the marketplace. Here are a few points you should consider while reading such articles and blog posts. Continue reading →

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Red Lemonade launches, offers another take on the “social slush pile”

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Chris Walters

Richard Nash’s new reading and writing community is another entry in the growing “social slush pile” website category. Is it a valid way to find new quality writing? Continue reading →

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Run-KindleGen workflow updated

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Chris Walters

Last October I posted about an Automator workflow for KindleGen. (Warning: Mac geek speak forthcoming.) I was pretty proud of it, but it had a bug, which is that it couldn’t handle spaces in the file’s path. For example, if … Continue reading →

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Read an Ebook Week means special deals and offers

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Chris Walters

When “Read an E-Book Week” was started in 2004, it made sense to try to expose more readers to the convenience of ebooks. The Kindle didn’t exist, the readers that did were expensive, and ebook editions were priced like hardcovers … Continue reading →

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Russian novel retells “The Lord of the Rings” from the bad guys’ POV

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Chris Walters

Fifteen years ago, Russian paleontologist Kirill Yeskov decided to rewrite Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” for fun. His new version, “The Last Ring-bearer,” assumes that the original story of the Ring of Power is actually a retelling of a … Continue reading →

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My experience with the Espresso Book Machine

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Chris Walters

I was in midtown NYC earlier today when I stopped to have a coffee and catch up on my RSS feeds, and I saw a couple of blog references to a video of the Espresso Book Machine (EBM) posted over … Continue reading →

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Indie ebook “hall of fame” site tracks the best reviewed self-published books

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Chris Walters

If you’re looking for something new to read that’s not from one of the big publishing houses, check out the Indie eBook Hall of Fame blog. It’s a bare bones site set up by Joanna, a Teleread contributor and fan … Continue reading →

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