For my fine ferreted friend Ed who was wondering what, exactly, is DRM – I figured a quick explanation might be in order. DRM stands for Digital Rights Management, but it may as well mean Don’t Read Me ! It’s a method of encryption that prevents a file from being user friendly, and assumes everyone inContinue reading “DRM in a couch cushion”
Category Archives: Writerly Stuff
totally smashed!
So this week, just a couple of days ago, I signed up with Smashwords and published In The Time Of Dying through them as a cross-platform eBook, completely DRM-free, and I gotta say, it couldn’t have been easier. All you have to do is sign up for an account – completely free – then readContinue reading “totally smashed!”
Power to the people
Aka: My final decision on ISBN’s So this weekend, in case you didn’t realize, I’ve published my newest novel In The Time Of Dying. I went the usual Lulu route, and I’m also going to try Smashwords for the eBook as well as Lulu. I sat down on Saturday to create the hardcopy, and decidedContinue reading “Power to the people”
new release!
Earth was used up, and humanity had a choice – leave, or perish. And so they left, in great ships full of colonists and scientists, with soldiers to protect them all. Hurling through space in a timeless sleep. Waiting for the ship’s computers to find their new home and wake them. But when they wake,Continue reading “new release!”
smash it up
So this morning, as I was doing my morning routine ‘net wanders to check up on news and happenings around the interwebbies, I found myself once again directed over to Smashwords – and online self ePublishing site I’ve glanced briefly at before. The news article that drew me there was some sort of agreement SmashwordsContinue reading “smash it up”
a free-for-all
As an Indy Author, my novels are mine to control, completely, from head to toe as it were. I can use a POD like Lulu, I can create eBooks, I can post them for free on my website, I could even print them on toilet paper and hand them out to the homeless if IContinue reading “a free-for-all”
greed
Contrary to that movie line, Greed is NOT good. We’ve all seen what greed has done to our nation – and our jobs, bank accounts and retirement funds – Greed caused the Second Great Depression. Well Greed, when applied to an Indy or Self publishing writer, will also cause a Depression. One in which noContinue reading “greed”
ad-lib, week 1
Okay, so it hasn’t quite been a full week yet since I started my foray into advertising, but I have some interesting results to report on. I got my first ad up and running at noon on Thursday, being the high bidder for an online comic that enjoys very high daily numbers, and immediately beganContinue reading “ad-lib, week 1”
Exposing myself
Minds outta the gutters, people! I mean Advertising. I’m taking the plunge, and putting up some Ads for the Midnight Reading site this week, and taking yet another of the steps one must climb all by one’s onesie – or, something. I may have mentioned a few posts back that I was looking into usingContinue reading “Exposing myself”
money for nothin’
I came across a website last week that had yet another un-known, un-proven writer with pie-in-the-sky ideas of making his or her fortune with a subscription-based online novel. This happens now and again, someone gets the idea he or she can web publish a novel and expect people to pay a subscription fee for theContinue reading “money for nothin’”
The Velvet Zebra 