“Amazon Is Playing Indie Authors Like Pawns,” says Smashwords founder, Mark Coker

"Every indie should get their books distributed to as many retailers as possible. Every author should be at Amazon, but they should avoid the temptation to enroll in the KDP Select program because of its exclusivity requirements.

From a global market

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Join me at Madison College (MATC) for my “How to Publish a Novel Course”

Those of you who live nearby, or an hour or two away, this might be useful...

 

http://screenwritersdaily.com/join-me-at-madison-college-matc-for-my-how-to-publish-a-novel-course/

 

I will be teaching a class at Madison College for six weeks. To register

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NaNoWriMo 2012 Participants - Potential Writing Buddy/Cheerleader Here!

Hi!

If any of you are planning to participate in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), in November, I welcome you to add me as a writing buddy, if you want some extra comraderie, cheerleading and the occasional swift kick.  Give me a shout here, i

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Seeking a Final Cut Pro Version 7 Editor in NYC

Hello,

 

I'm looking for anyone who is well-versed in Final Cut Pro in the NYC area that can assist me with editing a 20 minute video.  Please inbox me asap.

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How to publish a novel (or book)

Hey guys,

 

I'm offering an online course called How to Publish a Novel. It will teach you how to format your interior and exterior files, so that you are able to POD (Print on Demand) publish without having to go through expensive vanity publishers. T

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[Video] The Creative Process

Hello all one of my readers asked what is my creative process. I took the time to answer it and thought it may be of some use to all of the creative individuals here.

 

Here is a link to the post.

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Prophets 1: HammerStrike Download Available

Gonna pave my own road, freelance marketing.

Yes, finding success through traditional methods will be the most challenging endeavor to undertake.

Independent/freelance mass marketing is the way to go in this modern age of instantaneous interaction. Jus

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Experience with Self-Publishing?

Greetings all. I am new here and I wanted to ask a question about self publishing. I have completed my first sci-fi novel and I am now scouting possible companies to use. Currently, I have been looking at some on-line comparisons between companies an

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[Video] How I Landed My Six Figure Simon & Schuster Book Deal

Hello Black Sci-fi Fam, 

I hope you are all well and making progress in all of your endeavors. I thought I would drop by and post a link to my blog entry that contains a video that explains how I landed my six-figure book deal with Simon and Schuster.

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Call For Submissions!

Sister Nicole Kurtz, owner of Mocha Memoirs Press is calling for erotic submissions!

Call for Submissions:

July is Mocha Memoirs Press's birthday month, and to celebrate we're planning the 31 Days of Steamy Mocha. We need short erotic romance or steamy

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Of what mediums do our people like to read?

I know this is a weird question because not all of us like to read in the same mediums. But I'm trying to figure out if I should write mostly comics/graphic novels or regular novels. 

I've written in both mediums, but i don't want to write in one medi

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The Submission Guidelines for every Comic and Manga Publisher in the Universe

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