Five on Friday: Kobo Konundrums
Here’s your required reading for the week – and my apologies for not posting last week. I’ve been somewhat busy.
Michael Fitzpatrick on CNNMoney talks about Hiroshi Mikitani, the new owner of Kobo, and his ambition to take on Amazon.
Eric Edstrom on how to get your Goodreads reviews and ratings to show up on Kobo.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch on dealbreakers to watch out for in your publishing contracts – and if you’re not following The Business Rusch already, get over there and subscribe!
Stephanie Laurens’ keynote speech from the RWA National Conference in Anaheim.
Support indie authors!
You want to know something funny? Only one author has ever contacted me about this. As far as I can tell, she’s the only one who noticed that someone, somewhere on the Internet, mentioned her name and her book. I always do mention the book as well, just to be 100% sure that it’ll be picked up by Google Alerts if the author has them running – and they should, if they’re being sensible.
So today I want to open this up. If any author wants to be included in the Five on Friday post, you just have to email me at info@raynfall.com. My only criteria is that you need to be a self-published author.
Anyway – this Friday’s author is Len Barry, and his book is called Vitamin F. It’s a strange dystopian sci-fi future where Genetic Security is a thing that exists. Read if you like stuff like Gattaca.
Cover? – Len, you need to move that title text and change the cover. Seriously, man.
Blurb? – Interesting hook, but it’s not enough of a hook. What’s the plot? What are the stakes?
Social media? – I found Twitter, but not Facebook. No other social media stuff. Maybe time to branch out?
Web design? – a free WordPress blog, but well-developed.
Have a good weekend!
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