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Mike Macartney

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Things have changed. In 2005 I wrote a book about alternative energy and climate change and went looking for an agent and publisher - and an editor. What an adventure. It is hard to say which were the biggest pains of the three. Bottom line was "No platform, no publishing, thanks for dropping by. We only want fiction books. Etc." Life got busy on a new job commuting from Silicon Valley to Detroit and the book got put away.

Seven years later and it is all different now. The Internet changes everything. With 200,000 books per year now published digitally and print on demand the problems now are discoverability and quality control, not getting an agent and a New York publisher.

My personal writing is mostly short stories and I will have a new bo ...more

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Free Is Dead

It is time. The sharing economy ain’t what they tell you it is.

Take a page from Rupert Murdoch’s playbook; you think he ever gave away anything for free? When is the last time you saw a free Stephen King book? How about Anne Rice? J. K. Rowling?

Back in 2011, 2012, or 2010 when eBooks were new we all did it, I did it, made some books free to boost exposure and get sales going. It didn’t work then Read more of this blog post »

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	Cassandra's Roadhouse really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Job Hunting Today is a Team Sport it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinderella Was Here by T.J. Vermillion (Pseudonym), Mike Macartney (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desert Sky it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I would like to meet myself sometime to see how I would look to myself. But I'd have to be in an extremely good state of mind on such a day, because I don't like unpleasantness.”
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“The entire morality of the world could be summarized in the words, do as others do.”
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“Greed is eternal.”
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message 16: by Tanya

Mar 16, 2017 10:41PM

Thanks for the friendvite :D

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message 15: by Cindi

Aug 15, 2013 07:57AM

Thanks for the friendvite, Mike. :)

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message 14: by C.J.

Jun 26, 2013 01:38PM

C.J. Heck

Hello Mike,
It's such a pleasure having you for a friend here. Thank you so much and best wishes to you.
My warmest regards,
CJ

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message 13: by Christine

Jun 26, 2013 04:22AM

Thanks for being my friend

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message 12: by Robert

Jun 21, 2013 09:36AM

Thanks for the friend request, Mike.

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message 11: by Rick

May 15, 2013 11:49AM

I am pleased to join your circle of friends, Mike. And I'll keep an eye out for your short stories. Perhaps, one day, we'll see that book on alternative energy.

Rick

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message 10: by Karen

Mar 30, 2013 11:11AM

Hello Mike! Thanks for the friend request!

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message 9: by Beth

Mar 27, 2013 08:01AM

Thanks for the invite Mike! :)

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message 8: by Cheryl

Feb 11, 2013 09:50AM

Thanks for the friendship, Mike.

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message 7: by Mike (last edited Jan 29, 2013 09:02AM)

Jan 29, 2013 09:02AM

Zoë wrote: "Hi Mike. Thanks so much for Friending me. How's the writing going with you?"

Yes, from twitter. I am about to publish a photography portfolio book on iPad. It is an interactive ebook.

Looks like you are doing well with your books and writing. Good fortune with it.

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message 6: by Zoë

Jan 29, 2013 02:07AM

Hi Mike. Thanks so much for Friending me. How's the writing going with you?

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message 5: by Maureen

Nov 05, 2012 07:01PM

Hello Mike! Thank you for adding this fellow author into your circle of friends here on Goodreads. I hope you'll add my novels including the cozy mysteries (What Would Nancy Do?, Lethal Prescription), In the Company of Women, The Christmas to Remember and Finding Normal to your to-read list. I look forward to reading your book reviews and recommendations. Happy reading!

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message 4: by Mike

Sep 15, 2012 05:46PM

Tamara Rose wrote: "Hi Mike and thanks for your friendship =)"

Thanks Rose. Enjoy being a superhero.

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Sep 15, 2012 04:45PM