Ebook Marketplaces from an Indie Publisher’s View

With the DOJ’s efforts to remake the ebook marketplace, I thought it would be a good idea for me to take a good look at the marketplaces I do business with and document how it’s going right now.  In a year or two, maybe I’ll take another look and see what, if anything, has changed. … Continue reading Ebook Marketplaces from an Indie Publisher’s View

Google Editions: Watch Your Titles

The long promised Google bookstore came online today, and my automatic alerts started popping into my mail inbox as my novels started showing up on their website.  The problem is that I had explicitly told Google that I did not want them selling my books. It is a quality control issue. I’m a one-man operation… Continue reading Google Editions: Watch Your Titles

Corporate Bookscanners

If you’ve been following my blogs, you know that I’ve been sending my novels to Google Books and Amazon’s Search Inside system. Yesterday I finished adding the latest one, Extreme Makeover, to the system. Anything for more exposure. Google Books takes some time before they put it on line, so I keep checking. Certainly Emperor… Continue reading Corporate Bookscanners