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Poll for Indie Author Book Cover

Now I have also created a poll on helpmechooseacover.com with my three designs, so you can vote if you so choose:

Tagged: book cover design, book covers, help me choose a cover, Starting out as an indie author

Covers and Book Description for “Starting Out as an Indie Author”

I’m almost there! “Starting Out as an Indie Author” is nearly ready for publication. But first, I need some feedback on covers and the book description I’ve come up with. The first cover is based on the graphic I’ve been using for this series for some time now, with stock art I’ve already purchased, so it is more finished than my other two designs. The others have more the character of mock-ups, since I thought it would be fun to attempt something more playful as well. And as you can see in t...

On the slow pursuit of Overnight Success

Reblogging this, since even though it has nothing to do with indie publishing, it’s very close to the message I often try to get across: WORK!

Yseult and more! Over 100 SFF books for only 99c this weekend

Until February 14, I have reduced my epic Arthurian fantasy novel, Yseult, to only 99c to try and get some traction on other stores. In the wake of some strange goings-on regarding pages read on Amazon, which I have gone into in some detail on this blog, I pulled all my books from Kindle Unlimited and went wide with everything. Yseult (and most of the rest of my books) are now available on these major retailers:

Amazon Nook Kobo Apple Smashwords Other Retailers

It is also time again for our...

Last Tale of the Rose Knights: Desert Peace

Desert Peace Rose (public domain)

The last Tale of the Rose Knights, “Desert Peace,” went up on Daily Science Fiction today. It may not be the last forever — I still have a few I started that Jay Lake never had a chance to contribute to. I’ll have to take another look at them and see if I want to whip them into shape by myself.

This is the ending:
He stands there, the soldier, in a uniform so floral and pale pink that many armies would have rebelled to wear it. The Pink Knight is not so tal...

Pronoun Redux

I recently posted about a certain amount of frustration involved in publishing to two new distributors, Streetlib and Pronoun. Well, it looks like I’m going to have to give Pronoun another chance. They have announced a number of changes, including better royalties (70% for everything up to $9.99), and more flexibility as to where you publish your book. Whereas you used to be required to publish your book on all the retailers Pronoun supports, you can now choose which ones to publish to. The o...

Starting Out as an Indie Author: Social Media and Cross Promotion

I’m almost there on getting the book version of my series “Starting Out as an Indie Author” ready for publication! I’ve put together some new material on subjects I hadn’t covered in my posts. Today I would like to share a new chapter with you, “Social Media and Cross Promotion.”

Social Media for Writers

If you are forced by financial difficulties to keep your expenses for advertising as low as possible, social media and cross promotion may be the only effective avenues open to you until you...

Big 99c sale of Science Fiction and Fantasy eBooks, Jan. 7-8

We have another big sale coming your way to start the new year, over 100 eBooks in science fiction and fantasy genres, all for only 99c each.

Just go to http://pattyjansen.com/promo/ and click on your favorite retailer to see what’s available! The promo officially begins tomorrow, January 7, but a lot of books have already reduced the price.

My contribution this month is Shadow of Stone, book 2 of The Pendragon Chronicles. The books are standalone novels, though, so you can easily start wi...

New Tale of the Rose Knights: “Snowfire”

A new Rose Knights flash fiction piece that I wrote with Jay Lake is up on DSF today, “Snowfire”:

nowfire should have been a cliche, with her brilliant face and her ways full of love and thorns. The Rose Knight of the Rose Knights, she strode the world wrapped in laughter and a charisma that could stun stone idols. She needed no sword for her battles. She could smile her way through walls and gates and brambled pits and talk the very monsters from their lairs, soothe the raging ocean, and hu...

New distributors for indie authors: Pronoun and Streetlib

I have recently become aware of a couple of new distributors (also referred to as aggregators) on the self-publishing scene, Pronoun and Streetlib. Some time ago in “Starting Out as an Indie Author,” I covered the topic of distributors in general, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and Xinxii in particular:

– Using distributors for getting into online bookstores

– Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and Xinxii (Using distributors, part 2)

Today I would like to share my experiences with these two new agg...