by Graeme Cumming | Sep 17, 2020 | Carrion, Publishing |
When I finally released Carrion into the world back in May, I was really excited about getting it out there, and thought I had everything ready… Funny how life doesn’t always work out how you planned. The eBook launch went fine, and then I hit some snags... by Graeme Cumming | Sep 8, 2020 | Independent Bookshops, Reading, Thinking Aloud |
I’ve been following Jill’s Book Café for a few years now. If you’ve not come across this blog, do take a look, because Jill puts out some really interesting stuff – I particularly enjoy the Five on Friday slot because it introduces you to new authors and,... by Graeme Cumming | Apr 28, 2020 | Independent Bookshops, Publishing, Thinking Aloud |
There was some interesting news about Amazon last week. Apparently, the slayer of bookshops has donated £250000 to the Book Trade Charity. No, I hadn’t heard of it either, but it seems this organisation set up a fund to help booksellers facing hardship as a... by Graeme Cumming | Feb 20, 2020 | Fiction, Reading |
Is it just me? That’s the question I’ve asked myself a lot recently. And it’s about my Kindle. I got my first Kindle eight or nine years ago. I got it reluctantly, determined not to like it because I liked books. You know, the proper things: made of... by Graeme Cumming | May 3, 2018 | Fiction, Publishing, Ravens Gathering |
When I was in the process of publishing Ravens Gathering in paperback, I wrote about Amazon’s pricing and discounting. If you’re not sure what discounting means, read the post. The bottom line for me, though, was that, to sell a paperback through Amazon, I have to... by Graeme Cumming | Nov 6, 2016 | Publishing, Writing |
In Ravens Gathering – The Paperback I made a plea: don’t order it from Amazon. This may seem perverse, especially as advance orders can help your rankings but, as I said then, each sale would cost me money. Which raises the question: why make it available on Amazon?...