Bundle Up! Creating and Promoting Story and Book Collections

by Jamie J. Ferguson

Do you want to put together an anthology, boxed set, or ebook bundle, but aren’t sure where to start, nor how to effectively handle promotion? Or are you an author interested in collaborating with other authors on a project, but don’t know what this will entail?

Whether you’re creating a collection or an author participating in one, Bundle Up! can help you! The more aware you are of what’s involved in or, the more efficient and productive you—and the project—will be.

Today’s software tools make it faster and easier to create collections of stories and books than ever before. They also provide new and innovative ways to create—and promote—these projects.

If you’re an author and are considering participating in a multi-author collection, this book will provide you information about what to expect, how to contribute to promotion, and how to make the most out of your participation in the project.

If you’re a curator organizing a multi-author collection, this book will walk you through the many decisions you’ll need to make and will help you make your project more efficient and successful.

ebook

Published December 1, 2018

About the author

Jamie has curated ten multi-author collections and is working on many more, including a monster-themed anthology series she's co-editing with DeAnna Knippling. She's also a member of the Uncollected Anthology, an urban and contemporary fantasy author collective, which she joined in the spring of 2018.

She loves creating colorful spreadsheets and has spent her day job career working in software. She's worked as a developer, product manager, engineering manager, and is currently working as a technical program manager at a large, high-tech company where she creates order out of chaos.

In her fiction, Jamie focuses on getting into the minds and hearts of her characters, whether she's writing about a saloon girl in the Old West, a man who discovers the barista he's in love with is a naiad, or a ghost who haunts the house she was killed in—even though that house no longer exists.

Jamie lives in Colorado and spends her free time in a futile quest to wear out her two border collies, since she hasn't given in and gotten them their own herd of sheep. Yet.

I write fiction as Jamie Ferguson. Please see that profile for more information.

Reviews

[Sieglinde · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although the publication date listed on Goodreads is for later this year, this book was part of a bundle made available as a tie-in with this year's Nanowrimo challenge. It covers multi-authored works, which are usually either anthologies or boxed sets. When a boxed set is one of ebooks, then it is called a bundle. This is both a how to produce these collections, and a how to get involved in such a project, with advice too on a wide variety of important things that you should consider before embarking on such projects.

[T.A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book came as part of a bundle during nanowrimo and now I have a few stories written I have been considering doing a box set.

Unfortunately this books is based more on creating box set for multiple authors so whilst there was some interesting information it wasn’t that relevant to me.

It is however full of advice and examples for those wishing to create a bundle or box set with others whether as the curator or a participant. If that’s you and you’ve never done this before then this is the book for you.