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#BookMarketing: #SerialFiction vs. Standalone #Books

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Miss Primm

[Lone figure walks toward slatted wood box in center of large room and stands on it. Taps the end of a hand held microphone. We hear dull thuds strum through speakers we can’t see.] Hi. I’m back. Yes. I know … Continue reading →

Posted in The Business of Writing | Tagged adult novels, adult romance novels, book marketing, book sales, books, books in a series, digital publishing, e-books, freelance writing, ghostwriter, indie publisher, mailing list, money, price, price points, pricing e-books, pricing strategy, profitability, publisher, romance books, romance novels, sales, selling, serial fiction, standalone, standalone fiction, stories, titles, writing | Leave a comment

Ellora’s Cave & E-book Sales: A Cautionary (First Amendment) Tale

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Miss Primm

In a Publisher’s Weekly article, Ellora’s Cave admitted to some shocking news: Ellora’s Cave CEO Patty Marks confirmed the house is downsizing in the wake of what she described as “drastic’ and unexplained declines in its e-book sales via Amazon. … Continue reading →

Posted in The Business of Writing | Tagged Amazon, Amazon's search algorithms, Corporate responsibility to make profit, e-book sales. e-book sales at mercy of Amazon's search algorithms, Ellora's Cave, Free Speech, Milton Friedman, New rack ordinances, Patty Marks, Supreme Court | 9 Comments

Category Archives: The Business of Writing

#BookMarketing: #SerialFiction vs. Standalone #Books

Ellora’s Cave & E-book Sales: A Cautionary (First Amendment) Tale

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