By Lee Foster Editor’s Note: Since this article was originally published in November 2019, Draft2Digital has acquired Smashwords. For more information on that merger / acquisition, check out the article from SelfPublishing.com. The original press release is...
By Lee Foster There’s nothing like actually going through the publishing process on Amazon Kindle, again, with a new book, to refresh yourself on our rapidly changing self-pub world. I had last uploaded a book and cover file two years ago. This past month I had a new...
The rules of Amazon’s review ecosystem are always changing. We would like to bring you up to date on the current rules and share some guidelines we have found most helpful for how to get book reviews on Amazon. Here you will find the most frequently asked...
Many authors assume that their book disclaimers are supposed to be boring. They presume some pricey lawyers devised standard legalese, and they dare not depart from the norm. Not so. The law does not require a book disclaimer to be boring. In fact, just the opposite...
By Judith Briles This year has thrown EVERYONE online. I like many, have Zoomitis … from daybreak to shut down, it’s nonstop. There are times I will say, “Pick up the phone. You are in California, I’m in Colorado. Let’s sit outside with a drink and just talk and catch...
By Keri-Rae Barnum As we get ready to wave goodbye to 2020, there are several things we hope don’t make a reappearance in the new year. TP shortages. Quarantine haircuts. Thanksgiving get togethers that require actual pants. (You can eat so much more pie in elastic...
