Tag: self-publishing
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Help #StopFakeBooks
I’m Launching a Campaign to Support Authors and #StopFakeBooks, but I Need Your Help I recently came across an article from Vox, and then the New York Times, that (quite frankly) pissed me off. Apparently, Amazon has a problem with counterfeit books. I’m talking about entities that plagiarize an author’s book, print a fake copy…
Shari Lopatin
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Why I’m Cutting Back on Social Media as an Indie Author
A week before Christmas in 2018, a virus attacked my brain stem. Technically, it was my vestibular nerve, which is responsible for communication between the eyes, inner ears, and brain. The condition is called vestibular neuritis (yes, you can Google it). The result of this random, weird sickness was the world wouldn’t stop spinning and…
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An Awesome Tool for Authors to Build Email Lists, Readers to Get Free Books!
Happy Saturday fellow readers and indie authors! I recently found an awesome new (affordable) tool to help build my email list as an author. It’s also fantastic for readers who want to get free books from new authors in exchange for reviews. And no — it’s not NetGalley. The name of the tool is Voracious…
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Yes, You Have to Price Your Books Low if You Want People to Buy Them
You dedicated two years to working on your first novel (here’s mine!). Spent several hundred dollars (or even a couple thousand) on editors and designers. And now that you’re ready to publish, you’re being told to price your book LOW? Screw that, right? I’m Here to Tell You that Low Prices = Higher Readership I…
Shari Lopatin
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Why Indie Authors Have to Stick Together
I’ve heard self-publishing “experts” say time and time again that no big difference exists between an author going the traditional route or the indie route. Ahem — I beg to differ. Therefore, here are the reasons why us indie authors have to stick together: 1) We have to pay for EVERYTHING. Editors, designers, copyright filing,…
Shari Lopatin
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What it’s Like to Be 2 Millennia Old?
The following is a guest post from a mysterious writer. You must read until the end to discover the secretive recluse … Everyone has their secrets. Mine is more complicated than most. Sure, I look like a perky twenty-four-year-old with resting bitchy face, but you’d be wrong. At least about the twenty-four-year-old part. I’m actually…
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How to Deal with Criticism After Publishing Your Book
No matter how you slice it, reading criticism of your beloved book is hard. Especially when it’s your first book, and a critique can feel like a personal assault on your child. I get it. As I prepared to read the first public reviews of my debut novel, The Apollo Illusion, I mentally put up…
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How One Teacher-Turned-Author Overcame Her Fear of Publishing
Hey everyone! So since becoming an indie author, I’ve met some other FABULOUS authors who I’d like you to meet. You might see some of them sprinkled here on my blog, as well as in my Readers Club e-newsletter. Today, I’m dying to introduce you to Cyana Scriptora, who wrote this fascinating fantasy/historical book entitled…
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Have You Seen these Dope Artists? They Designed My Rockin’ Book Cover
One of the reasons I went indie with my debut novel, The Apollo Illusion, was creative control—not just of my story, but of the cover art and presentation. I had two artists in mind who I wanted working on my book’s look, because these guys are seriously awesome AF. Cover Art: Rebecca Lopatin Yes, we…
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How Babies and Tablets Inspired this Dystopian Novel
Babies and tablets. The rise of propaganda. Rosh Hashanah dinner. These were a few of the factors that led to the inspiration behind my debut novel, The Apollo Illusion. I love reading the story behind the story from favorite authors, like Margaret Atwood or Junot Diaz. So when Autumn of Fallen Over Book Reviews asked me…