Amazon offering 2 to 3 months free Kindle Unlimited Subscriptions to SELECT new and returning customers

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A few weeks back we wrote about how the Kindle Unlimited Fund (payments to Kindle Unlimited authors) is growing at a slower and slower pace Payments grew only 10.55% in 2019 Payments grew 55.95% in Dec 2016 to Dec 2019 While those numbers seem 'not so bad', they are positively scary compared to the overall growth of 10 times in July 2014 to Dec 2019 And 5 times in July 2014 to Nov 2015 To put it...

Deals for Authors – [Audible Members Only] Free Audiobook = The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling

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Only for Audible Members. You have to log in as an Audible Member to see the price Free for Audible Members - The Tales of Beedle the Bard Make sure you choose the Free Preorder one. That is the one that's free Thanks to SlickDeals

Baltimore Mayor sentenced to 3 years in jail for fraud with her Healthy Holly book series

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From The Baltimore Sun and the Can't Make This Stuff Up department and Memeorandum, we have some crazy news Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has been sentenced to THREE years in jail for a children's book fraud scheme The links worth perusing are Baltimore Sun - 3 years in jail for fraud with Healthy Holly children's book fraud scheme National Review - The Mayor sold $500,000 in copies of...

Black Friday Deals for Authors

admin February 26, 2020 59 Comments
It's a well kept secret. A LOT of companies that make products for Authors offer Black Friday deals In this post we will round up and share all the best Black Friday Deals for 2020 that are meant for Authors Open: To Be updated. It's just Feb 2020. Over the course of the rest of the year we'll be rounding up the best Black Friday deals for authors Black Friday Deals on Services for Authors To be...

Deals for Authors – Want to save on Your Groceries?

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WalMart Grocery Department has you covered You can get $10 off your first $50 Grocery PickUp Order at WalMart Coupon: VISITORS Enter this coupon at Checkout to save $10 Thanks to DealsPlus for this WalMart Deal WalMart Delivery Unlimited WalMart has an interesting $12.95 monthly, and $98 annual, grocery delivery service Might be a real timesaver if you normally shop at WalMart

Authors should stop ignoring Gamers and the massive potential audience they represent

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LoudPoet talks about how Orbit books are underestimating just how big of a Franchise, The Witcher was, even before the Netflix show The Witcher 3 is widely regarded as one of the best Role Playing Games available The latest Witcher release sold 20 million copies, well before the Netflix show arrived The Witcher has been an incredibly popular book series in Eastern Europe and Russia Witcher has...

Should Authors find their own Stock Photos, or should they leave the work to Book Cover Designers?

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One of the strangest things we've seen is where some authors advocate finding your own stock photos and then having the book cover designer build a cover from those photos Here is the logic behind this The Author finds a better and/or cheaper image than the cover designer The Author purchases it The Cover designer just builds the cover using that image (the one selected by the author) The net...

What is The Passive Voice?

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The Passive Voice is an excellent blog for Authors & Publishers Passive Guy (PG) is the main blogger and an attorney, entrepreneur and former tech executive Reasons why we recommend The Passive Voice Excellent quality posts Covers both in depth analysis and quick news We've already included it in various lists such as 'Best Resources for Authors' and 'Best Blogs for Authors' It is a very good...

What is Writer Beware?

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Writer Beware is a website run by author Victoria Strauss It is a list of various scams and tricks that target authors. It includes Contests and Awards Copyright Issues Editors and Assessment Services Literary Agents Self Publishing Small Presses Vanity Publishers Writers' Services   We find it very interesting. In all the businesses we've been in We've never seen a business like Publishing...

Why are there so many people scamming authors?

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Author Anne R. Allen has an excellent post on 10 New Publishing Scams to Watch Out for in 2020 Do give it a read It brings up a few interesting questions Why are there so many people scamming authors? Why are authors so difficult to work with i.e. always worried they will get scammed, instead of doing a normal business transaction These two questions are very important to us, because We are...