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Amazon KDP Select authors are losing page reads, apparently due to software glitches

Here’s another, longer report than the one I did yesterday on the present Amazon glitch in pages read.

I love Amazon’s KDP Select almost as much as I love Buster, my 13-year-old Pekeapom, a mix of Pekingese and Pomeranian, the dogyou see to the right.

But my rescue pup dirties up the carpet every now and then. And in a way that’s exactly what KDP has been doing lately.

Last month, some alertauthorssmelled mismatches and oddities in the reporting of their page reads from subscribers toAmazon...

Possible glitch in pages read (KENP) for Kindle Unlimited books

Since the beginning of the month, the numbers of pages read of my Kindle Select titles has gone from a daily average of about 800 to a measly 50. Okay, it’s only one week, I kept trying to tell myself, it will pick up again — and then I read this thread on the Kboards: http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,242225.0.html

It looks like it’s an actual glitch on the part of Amazon, and one that they’re denying, to boot. Which means that a lot of us may be out of a lot of money, and no way to fix...

Indie Author Interviews: T.S. Vale, Exscendent SF Series

I am very happy today to welcome T.S. Vale to the indie author interview series, a dear friend going back to Clarion days, and a writer of both beautiful words and amazing ideas. Take it away, T.!

First off, please tell us a little bit about you and your work.

The single unchanging passion I’ve had my entire life — is for story-hearing and story-telling. It’s a powerful call that never fades.

As some who know me are aware, I experienced early success in traditional publishing in terms of bo...

Over 100 #FREE SFF E-books for October!

From Oct. 1-2, it’s time for our monthly group promo again, and this time we have another 100+ free ebooks for your perusal, organized according to retailer. Another great selection of SFF books, and you can’t complain about the price.

Indie Author Interviews: K. J. Garnet, Oracle urban fantasy series

Every now and then on this blog I do interviews with indie and speculative fiction writers. Today I would like to introduce you to K. J. Garnet, the pen name of Kelly and Jenni, a pair of writers working on a new urban fantasy series about the oracle Val Ferrel.

First off, please tell us a little bit about you and your work.

K: I’m the “K” (Kelly) of the K.J. Garnet writing team. I’m the author of 3 non-fiction books and freelance writer in my field for magazine and editorial work.

J: I’m th...

The monthly SFF promo is here again! Over 100 books for 99c each, Sept 3-4

We have another great promo for fans of science fiction and fantasy this month — over 100 books, all for only 99c! The sale officially starts tomorrow, Sept. 3, but a lot of the books are already reduced in price. Like my contribution, Shadow of Stone. the second book in the Pendragon Chronicles series, available on Amazon for only 99c. Or my collection of short stories, Oregon Elsewise, available on B&N, Kobo and Apple for only 99c.

So check out the sale, and good luck finding something y...

My thoughts on trigger warnings (Reblogged)

This is something I’ve thought about a lot, given the fact that there is a fair amount of violence in a number of my books.

I want to discusstrigger warnings. A lot of books have them. If the book deals with a sensitive subject that might be a trigger to a traumatic past event, a lot of readers like to know beforehand.…

Source: My thoughts on trigger warnings.

Tagged: blurb, book descriptions, trigger warnings

By Popular Demand: Pantsers, Plotters, and — Puzzlers!

After posting about Libbie Hawker’s book on plotting, I thought I would reblog this old post about how I tend to “puzzle” my way to plot.[image error]

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Over on Karen Huber’s blog a few days back, I mentioned a term I snapped up somewhere, an alternative to the two writing poles of plotters and pantsers — the puzzler. Several people in the comments were quite enthusiastic about the term, so I figure it just might deserve a blog post of it’s own, rather than a mention hidden...

Great writing book on sale for only 99c — and no, it’s not mine! :)

I just noticed that a book that has helped me a lot in organizing a couple of recalcitrant manuscripts is on sale today for only 99c — a book I paid full price for! *g* It’s Libbie Hawker’s Take Off Your Pants: Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing.

I admit, I can’t tell you yet whether her method works to create more successful books, since I have only applied it to a couple of books that are still WIPs, including the Pendragon Chronicle prequel that I’m working on right now, Yger...

Over 100 #FREE Science Fiction and Fantasy EBooks! August 6-7

Here we go again, everyone, another HUGE group promo for all lovers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and everything in between!

Over 130 books, divided into specific genres such as dystopian or SF romance, as well as by vendor. The sale doesn’t officially start until tomorrow, August 6, but many of the books are free already. So click on image above or here, http://pattyjansen.com/promo/ — and get lost in the offerings!

My contribution this month is my collection of dystopian short stories, Th...