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Sep.08.2011 PUBLISHING THESE DAYS: A QUICK OVERVIEW My grandfather loved Walnettos, which were chewy chocolate caramel squares loaded with walnuts and invented in Minneapolis, where he lived. Then along came Hersheys, and now we have Trader Joe organic dark chocolate with almonds. Things change. In the old days if you were a writer, you had a clear...	Sep.06.2011 INTERVIEW WITH BEST-SELLING NOVELIST DARCIE CHAN After I wrote about the challenges of marketing literary novels (see my previous post here), I asked if anyone knew of an author writing a literary book that’s done what Amanda Hocking, J.A. Konrath, and other eBook superstars have done. A reader on Kindleboards told me about Darcie Chan and...
May.15.2011 MY REALITIES OR "HOW TO MARKET YOUR BOOK OR WATCH IT DIE" Today is my new novel's publishing day, so I thought I'd write about the marketing it took to get here. I won’t bullshit you. The publishing industry is changing fast, and what to do is confusing. Like a bar magnet, the industry has two strong poles: traditional publishing and self-publishing. If...	Mar.11.2011 Will You Enter the Wild World of Kindle Publishing? Lot's of writers are talking about Kindle publishing. And why wouldn't they when novelist Amanda Hocking has become a millionaire by publishing e-books. The 26-year-old self-published author who sold over 450,000 copies of her e-books in January alone. J.A. Konrath also has made more than a...
Feb.26.2011 MARKETING YOUR LITERARY NOVEL THROUGH INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING A few years ago, I found myself talking to Lee Wochner, a playwright and marketing specialist whose company Counterintuity did a great job promoting my play, Who Lives? Most of the run sold out. This time I met him just before a handful of authors and experts at the University of Southern...	Dec.26.2010 How E-Books Are Changing the Economics of Writing Two years ago, e-books constituted 1% of total book sales, a figure that's now closer to 10%. As electronic media accounts for a larger and larger portion of the book business, consumers are benefiting from lower prices for books, and manufacturers are enjoying massive sales. But how is the e-book...
Dec.16.2010 2010 is winding down... ...and all I can say is "wow, what a crazy ride!" Actually that's not all I can say, but it sums up my year nicely. From making my debut as an author, to attending conventions, to meeting awesome readers worldwide, this year has been one for the Kisha Hall of Fame. I've...	Oct.05.2010 "Dissing J.A. Konrath" + The Education of Bet giveaway (link) Over in my "Disrespectful Interviewer" series on BiblioBuffet, this time out I'm Dissing J.A. Konrath, who is known for his outspokenness on the publishing industry and his one-step-ahead-of-the-crowd innovations. At the bottom of the interview, there's a link for a chance to win a copy...
Apr.21.2010 ONE AUTHOR MAKES A LIVING SELLING ON KINDLE Writers: Making a Living Off of Kindle? By Jeff Rivera on Apr 19, 2010 01:12 PM So much media attention has been given to the iPad and to eBooks lately that it made GalleyCat wonder aloud: Is it possible for an author to make a living from selling eBooks? Author, J.A. Konrath of the Jack Daniels...	Jul.29.2009 Bestselling author J.A. Konrath's foggy portrait of the "confident" writer A Real Publisher puts you on any number of bookstore shelves once they publish you, because--since they're apparently not doing much marketing for their authors, anymore--that is their primary power. But getting on a shelf yourself? How can you not feel an incredible sense of accomplishment? (Is...