So, I just got word from… someone… somewhere… that they just registered a book at AuthorsBookshop.com for a person that is close to them… as a Christmas present!
I’m not saying who did this, or where they are from, or in what way they are related to the recipient to protect the surprise.
But I just had [...]

Here’s another chapter in the saga of Vox Pop — our attempts to expand our bookstore/cafe/publishing empire. Enjoy! — Andy Laties

Chapter 4
When he released me from his embrace, Shelly Drobny reached into the air, strained upwards with his fingers, grasped something invisible, and shouted, “You’ve got the brass ring!”
The plan was a million dollars to [...]

I don’t know if this takes Tor.com out of the sphere of mainstream publishing, but it seems that this web-based branch of the big SF/F house is going POD with its titles. This kind of makes sense, as the last I heard mother ship Tor is now taking up to three years to release its [...]

I am an active user of Amazon.com’s author-promotion mechanisms. I have an author-blog on my book’s Amazon page, I submitted my book so it’s searchable on Amazon, I have submitted a review written by an independent reviewer for display on my book’s Amazon page. So far so good. However: the book I’m pitching is among [...]

Nick Ruth reads from his novel Breezes of Inspire at the very first BookBurn reading, sponsored by AuthorsBookshop.com and hosted by Koba Cafe in Baltimore, MD April 22, 2009

BookBurn Spring 09 – Breezes of Inspire from indiebookman on Vimeo.

Ill be talking about indie publishing, AuthorsBookshop, bookburning etc. in an interview on Umbrella Radio tonight at 8:00pm!
Stop by the website and listen!!!!
http://www.umbrellaradio.org/

AuthorsBookshop.com announces its first
BALTIMORE BOOK BURN EVENT!
We have selected three of our favorite local authors and have invited themto BURN THEIR BOOKS!
Are we really going to burn them?
Heck no! We are going to celebrate them (and all indie books!) by bringingthem to light!
Each of the three authors will read an excerpt from their book. [...]

I just got an email from Lightning Source announcing an introductory deal – they are eliminating the setup fees if your order more than 50 copies. Here is clipping with the pertinent info:
Have you considered using on-demand printing, but wanted to see for yourself how it works? Effective March 23, 2009 through June [...]

AuthorsBookshop proud to announce our first in a series of events we are calling “Book Burns” – readings by independently published local authors. Here is the press release announcing the first event, to occur April 22nd at Koba Cafe here in Baltimore.
If you are interested in reading your book at future Book Burns, please [...]

Excerpted from my chapter in AuthorsAccess‘ upcoming book tentatively titled Authors Access: 50 Success Secrets for Authors and Publishers. My chapter is titled Successfully Selling Your Book Online.
In it, I list 10 (almost) free things you should be doing to sell your book online. I wanted to share them here as well.
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