Reseña de libros: Technetos I y II de Luis Arbaiza
The reader as collaborator: “The text is an incomplete work, the reader completes it.”
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Spec Fic Publishing: Pitfalls and Opportunities
What is a new author supposed to do when so many established authors are being abandoned by their publishers?
The Writer-Editor Relationship, Part 1: Editors Preparing Writers
Indie authors need editors. Here’s how to go about finding a good one.
VCON, HOWDERSHELT REVIEW AND MORE ON SELF-PUBLISHING!
This week, Steve hypes his local convention and talks to best-selling ebook writer Ed Howdershelt, plus there’s advice on writing and selling ebooks!
Welcome to the Creative Thrive!
Angi Shearstone, creator of BloodDreams comics, discusses the creative process in her debut post.
AMAZING PEOPLE: Extending a Helping Hand
MIchael J. Sullivan is looking to help new authors with a contest!
Photographic Covers versus Traditional Art – Part 2
Books need covers, but the artistry that goes into creating those covers is getting lost in an avalanche of CGI and stock photography.
Myths of Publishing: Anyone Can Self-publish, Part 4
Success requires hard work and dedication – even for indie authors
Myths of Publishing: Anyone Can Self-publish, Part 3
Being an indie author requires more skills than “author”
Myths of Publishing: Anyone Can Self-publish, Part 2
If you think being an “Indie Author” means going it alone – better read this!
What Indie Authors Should Know for 2015
As we enter a new year in writing and publishing, I thought I’d review some interesting statistics and observed trends over 2014 made by those poised well in the industry. In July 2014, Publishers Weekly […]
Indie Book Review: The Seals of Abgal by Woelf Dietrich
Dietrich’s first book is the short novel The Seals of Abgal. It’s a combination of Sumerian and Norse mythology. Now that’s not a combination you see everyday.
Indie Book Review: “Passing in the Night” by Michael Kingswood
Keith West begins a series looking at “teaser” fiction from the indie publishing world.
Literatura furry de ciencia ficción en Venezuela
an interview with July Nicholas Camacho about all things Furry.
Biting Off More Than I Can Chew
Keith takes a break from reviewing and asks readers a question.
The Leap from Self to Traditional Publishing
Today’s post is prompted by two events: My wife was filling in for me on a writer’s panel this weekend (I got a bad fish that gave me a bit of food poisoning) I’m counseling […]
How Big is a Book?
How big is a book? SF & Fantasy books were slim volumes in wire racks until market forces created the massive tomes we’re used to today. What happened?
What’s Fair is Fair
Michael, our in-house expert on all things Hachette and Amazon, braves the slings and arrows to ‘splain some things to us.
Kindle Unlimited and the 10 Percent Rule
A few notes on the new KindleUnlimited program from an indie author.
On Books Being “Special”
Hachette. Amazon. One need say nothing more to gain the attention of writer’s everywhere. Sullivan’s take on author manipulation.
Book Review: Trial and Glory by Joshua P. Simon
A review of the final installment of the Blood and Tears Trilogy
Self-Publishing Odyssey: Part 4 Designing the Cover Image
Alastair Savage’s Self-Publishing Odyssey moves on to stage 4: Designing the cover.
The Crazy Days of Summer
Keith is a little busy the days of summer; he’ll tide you over with a few suggested reads.
Balance and the Hachette Amazon Dispute
Amazing Stories’ resident expert on publishing indie, traditional and seemingly every other outlet, weighs in on the Amazon-Hachette dispute.
Self-publishing Competitions: Leave Your Elves At Home
The enormous media interest in self-publishing has been fired by the breakthrough success of Wool by Hugh Howey, so SF is leading the way in this field. It’s strange therefore to hear the Guardian’s flamboyant Books section editor Claire Armistead warning that “It’s all too easy to dismiss the self-publishing sector as a wilderness of elves, sex and high-school romcoms”.
¿Hacer una revista física o digital?
A discourse on publishing a science fiction magazine in Spanish – which may just be a bit harder than doing one in English.
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