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How to support authors

Published on October 11, 2012 By kmooney

These days we all know authors and want to support them, but sometimes we don’t know what to do. When someone is in a band, you go to one of their shows, you buy a drink at the bar and if it is really painful, you may leave early. For authors, sometimes there are readings [...]

Amazon sales ranking

Published on July 3, 2011 By kmooney

I mentioned a bit ago that I had put the last book I wrote, THE COMMITTEE, up for sale on Amazon’s Kindle platform to understand what authors’ experiences have been. I was surprised at the ease of the process and, once the book is available, how quickly changes can be made. The experience has given [...]

Publishers born digital

Published on January 3, 2011 By kmooney

The Scholarly Kitchen has a recent article on the difference between new publishers created since the increase in digital awareness compared to older publishers that have to recalibrate their business model. The newer publishers have the advantage that of not having to recreate themselves while maintaining “fidelity to old partners or ways of doing business.” [...]

Book recommendations and DJs

Published on May 6, 2010 By kmooney

During a discussion on Digital Book World today, there was a lot of talk about the role of the book blogger as one who recommends books and why publishers have not put more effort into this role. The idea went something like this: when someone buys a book, the publisher is pretending they do not [...]