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  • ...mostly straight romance and still doing "shorties" so am sticking retty much to the $2.99 price point for AMZ. I price a little higher for other outlets (eg, Google) to offset any di...
  • ...copies, but I have run out of shelf space.  And gradually working through the books I have, and then sharing them with friends and local charity outlets that resell at $2.00 each. So...
  • ...write about. I'm grateful to have found terrific mentors right from the start. My sales are horrible, though I'm pursuing less-traditional sales outlets which should make a big diffe...
  • ...en it's placed right up front, "I received a copy of this book in exchange for...  blah blah blah," which is a total turnoff. Why don't the media outlets have to write that??? I can s...
  • ...the quality of a work. It doesn't take that much to weed out the good from the subpar. The industry (again, by which I mean these specific review outlets, contests, and associations),...
  • ...as I say in the piece, it starts with indie authors refusing to lay down and take it. There has to be critical mass, and a reason for the review outlets and contests and associations...
  • ...d books," and most don't do this anymore, by the way. Many newspapers and magazines are in fact changing their tune. I can understand that review outlets may want to find ways to stop...
  • ...the indie books they read being so poorly edited they're difficult to read at all. And with 400,000 indie books per year now, I can see why these outlets/organizations draw the line....
  • ...material. But this big divide that exists out there is maddening, and authors are paying upwards of $400-$500 for a review. Of course the review outlets are therefore incentivized to...
  • ...eaders? There are lots of ethical book bloggers with significant followings that can help non-traditionally published authors more than the "big" outlets do. But that's just my opinio...