Here’s a common question that came up in a Facebook group earlier this week. It is more profound than it might seem: “Why should people buy your book and not your competitor’s?” My longer answer: This question completely misunderstands the nature of 95% of the book industry. This kind of competition is real and intense […]
AudioBookCup is a piracy ring
I don’t spend much time on social media (I might be the only person in America who really should spend more time on it), but I’m glad I was checking notifications this morning. Tom Lennon posted this in a private Facebook group for audiobook narrators about five hours ago. I’ve put Tom’s words in italics […]
Remain Calm: the update (CreateSpace is digested at last by KDP)
If all your books are published on the CreateSpace platform (which is dissolving very soon), we have good news, old news, and …well, the potential bad news still lurks in the future. First some bottom-line good news for nearly all of you: