It’s too hot to really think clearly (current temps: 101*F) so I’ll elaborate next week, but it would appear Lulu has made a few changes since I started using them this year. Right now, if you wanted an ISBN for your book, and didn’t care if you own it or Lulu owns it – they’reContinue reading “more on isbn’s”
Author Archives: The Velvet Zebra
not dead!
I haven’t stopped my Indie publishing series – I’m just swealtering in a nasty, evil heatwave-from-hell. I’ll resume posting next week, when the temps come down from the triple digits. Gah!
two thumbs up?
So now that you have that novel written, edited, polished and printed – you’ve gone out and found yourself an ISBN, maybe a bar code too – and while you realize your pretty new novel isn’t going to sit neatly on the shelf at Barnes & Noble, it’s really only lacking one thing you’ve alwaysContinue reading “two thumbs up?”
commercial break
One of the biggest hurdles facing anyone self publishing or trying to make it in the Independent world is reaching the public. Letting readers, potential readers, buyers, and creepy stalkers know you have a book out there. Finding ways to bring eyeballs to your website or storefront. In a word: Advertising Your book isn’t sittingContinue reading “commercial break”
isbn addendum
I’ve just stumbled into something that might allow the purchase of a single ISBN for a cost of $125.00 without requiring enrollment into any sort of service while keeping myself (yourself) listed as Publisher of Record. (power to the people!) With optional barcode purchase for another $25.00 (still, ouch). The reason a single purchase looksContinue reading “isbn addendum”
to isbn or not to isbn
Okay, so I’m struggling with this question myself right now, and I thought it might help to talk it out, hopefully inform everyone else out there still trying to figure it all out. The ISBN, or International Standard Book Number, can be found on every published book. It’s the identifier that lists the title andContinue reading “to isbn or not to isbn”
adventures in eBooks
Or How I Stopped Worrying, and Learned To Love The Byte. When I first made the decision to become an Independent, I knew I’d be posting my novels on the web, for people to read for free, and I knew I’d be making them available to purchase as a paperback – but I hadn’t yetContinue reading “adventures in eBooks”
it’s dark in here
The big scary world of Going It Alone — or as I and many others prefer: Indie publishing — is huge, dark, a tad chilly and often intimidating. And if you’re a reader of “those” blogs who enjoy nothing more than mocking a self publishing writer who prefers the term Indie I have just oneContinue reading “it’s dark in here”
did you know?
That the website has been redesigned? http://www.Midnightreading.com That you can purchase my novels in Trade Paperback, or eBook? They make great gifts, and summer beach reads. http://www.Midnightreading.com That you can now purchase Ether, my fantasy title, as an eBook for your iPhone, smartphone, PDA, Kindle and other e-reading devices at Mobipocket? That the Fourth andContinue reading “did you know?”
not for the faint of heart
In January of this year, I made the decision to go back to what I truly loved about writing. After years of learning, researching, and discovery, I stopped trying to find an agent and get that “big publishing contract.” I learned a lot in those years, and contrary to what some might think, I’ve madeContinue reading “not for the faint of heart”
The Velvet Zebra 