6 Tips for U.S. Authors Doing Their Taxes Click the linked title for the full article. • Keep these docs for your writing business recordsSelf-published authors need to keep a variety of documents, especially if making any claims or deduct…

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the cover art for my book!! Humble Yourself Dear Marytr
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Generate business with membership site One great way for authors to generate business is a membership site. This is a private website that people pay a monthly fee to join so they can receive exclusive content and usually the ability to…

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Five Great Quotations about Publishing “I think I am starving for publication: I love to get published; it maddens me not to get published. I feel at times like getting every publisher in the world by the scruff of the neck, forcin…

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Cheat Stray Love erscheint am 17.4.
Wer es vorab lesen und rezensieren möchte, gerne auch als Dilogie zusammen mit "Das Jahr des Feuer-Affen", bitte bei mir melden 😊
Weird Girl Romance knapp vor der Menopause. Mit Horoskopen, Thailand-Vibes und einem sprechenden Gewissen.

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Guidelines for Creating an Ebook Cover Despite the old adage, people will judge your book by its cover. As humans are visually-oriented, the first thing a potential buyer of your book will spot on a web page is your cover; almost a…

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Target specific audiences to sell your book Not everyone will be interested in your book. Some people simply will not read westerns, others will not read mysteries. Some people have no interest in your detailed guidebook to elegant napk…

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Me in front of The Next Chapter book store, holding a copy of TC Boyle’s The Inner Circle

Hardcover book: The Inner Circle, by TC Boyle. With a singed by author sticker.

Title page of The Inner Circle, signed by TC Boyle on 9/19/08

Title page and frontispiece of the Battle of Waterloo, by Victor Hugo, in an ornate, calligraphied script.

Our local (ish) #indiebookshop, The Next Chapter #indiebook had a rare #book Easter egg hunt. Snagged a couple of hidden bargains, including this signed #TCBoyle, and also some interesting books that weren’t part of the event, like this old #VictorHugo

Indie authors use cash accounting method When running your self-publishing business as an indie author, you’ll want to choose an accounting method that sets the rules you’ll use to determine how your income and expenses are kept track of …

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Self-Publishing Q&A with Inventing Reality Editor Rob Bignell Today, I’d like to share the answers to a few questions that I often receive from clients and readers of this blog.  Q: Who do you self-publish with? A: I’d recommend publishing your…

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Self-publishing tip: Give yourself an editor Have your story critiqued by others – not by a spouse, parents, family members or close friends but by someone who writes, reads or edits for a living (Full disclosure here: I own and run such an e…

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Two more days to pick up a free Kindle eBook copy of The Case of the Zombie Ninjas. Dotty battles yokai in Elderton.

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The Ghosts of Italy Check out The Ghosts of Italy - 'A warm summer breeze lifts pale blue sheets and a host of marshmallow clouds float over my balcony.'The Ghosts of Italy is Angela Paolantonio's memoir of how she first...

September 2026 will be 10th Anniversary of the release of #TheGhostsofItaly and she’s still in editorial favor…She's just been selected by Kirkus Editor's as an #IndieBook Worth Discovering Spring / Summer 2026

You can buy her on #BookShop #BookSky

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I want to thank everyone who has been buying digital copies of my #indiebook from Gumroad. Buying direct from authors supports them in a big way! A diverse book ecosystem is good for both authors and readers.
(there's also a free short story to download there if you're interested)

Three ebook formatting tips, part IX Ebooks follow different formatting rules than books printed on paper. That’s because a book made of ink on paper is a different platform for presenting information than a book made of digital …

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My graphic novel Nick Pope: Summer of '88 is a Staff Pick from Independent Book Review, and I couldn't be prouder. I'd love it if you checked out the review in the link below. (Drawings by the great Raymond Klecker.) #book #indiebook #graphicnovel #graphicnovels #1980s #mentalhealth #LGBTQ

Five Things You Need to Know about Ebooks • Will you take advantage of ebook’s opportunity for innovative storytelling, content presentation?All too often, writers see ebooks as an afterthought to their paper book, as an “Oh yeah, so…

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4 Tips on Understanding Copyright Law Click the linked title for the full article:• How to avoid copyright infringementIn the United States, the basic law is this: If a work is copyrighted, you can reproduce it only if you give the aut…

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Start. Finish.

Worked on some more fan art of @bailswrites.bsky.social secret project.

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Create Infographics to Support Your Book Among the best ways to present information on your blog, website or in your book – especially if writing nonfiction – is an infographic. A representation of information in visual form, you can…

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When is best time of the year to release a book? Among the many questions an indie author faces is when to release a book. Big publishing houses obviously select dates for their book releases to maximize marketing efforts and hence sales, an…

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Many people believe their past dictates their future. Its evident in the people you meet. The family and friends you engage with who still walk alongside the ghosts of trauma.
But we all have the ability to be the hero.
We just have to believe it.
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DORP is Open now.
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Cover art for The Case of the Zombie Ninjas depicting an oni in the background and (left to right) Sakura, Dotty Morgan, and Hannah Matson.

Dotty being carried through the air by two tengu.

Dotty and Hannah battle zombie ninjas.

From April 1 - 5, The Case of the Zombie Ninjas (Dotty Morgan Supernatural Sleuth Book Two) will be free for Kindle. Be sure to get your copy. (And if you could read it and leave a review that would be lovely)
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OUT TODAY: Link in bio to order the Driftwood 2026 Anthology: including over 170 pages of fiction, over 80 pages of poetry, and over 10 pages of comics and visual arts. Plus! Exclusive interviews and craft talks with our authors. #indiebook

How to withdraw a book from sale at Amazon Sometimes as an indie author you need to withdraw their book from sale at Amazon.com. Maybe you’ve come up with a new cover or have rewritten the book and don’t want the older version up for sale. …

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Sell more books by carrying them around How many times has a conversation led to you saying that you’ve written a book?The other person usually responds with awe and asks what the book is about. Wouldn’t it be nice to hand them a co…

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