Making the rounds of the indie publishing world lately has been this HuffPo piece from Laurie Gough about the scourge that is self-published books, and how those books are “an insult to the written word.” It’s, shall we say, harsh toward indie authors. It’s also typical HuffPo click bait. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s all wrong. [Read more…] about Behold, as I Insult the Written Word
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Join the “Killing the Immortals” Launch Team
(NOTE: Signups for the Launch Team are closed. But I’ll leave this post up for the fun of it anyway)
As I’m getting closer every day to publishing this little book of mine, I’m also getting closer to asking for a bit of help. I’ve been handling the marketing and promotion of “Killing the Immortals” on my own since December, but there are some aspects of spreading the word about my book that I can’t do on my own (for some reason, Amazon won’t let me give a glowing review to my own book … Go figure). That’s where you — if you want to, anyway — come in.
I’m putting together the “Killing the Immortals” Book Launch Team, and it’d be great if you want to play a part. “What the hell is a Book Launch Team?” you ask? Well, I’m glad you did. The answer is: Well, they vary a bit. Some are very large, and some are small. The author may ask a number of tasks from you, or may ask very little. Luckily for you, I’m not asking much. And you get free stuff! So, the real question is, why wouldn’t you do it? Right? Yeah, I thought so.
Here’s a quick plot summary of the book: [Read more…] about Join the “Killing the Immortals” Launch Team