by Ryan Casey | Aug 7, 2013 | Marketing, Publishing
Part three, on KDP Select and BookBub, is available here. Several months ago, I hypothesised that the changes in Amazon’s affiliate terms and conditions would lead to the self-destruction of the KDP Select programme. While my hypothesis may have appeared a...
by Ryan Casey | Jul 31, 2013 | Publishing
Two weeks ago, I launched my second novel, Killing Freedom. Now, book launches are something of an enigma to both writers and bloggers, which of course makes it a fantastic topic for discussion. In this post, I want to dispel some of the most common myths surrounding...
by Ryan Casey | May 23, 2013 | Publishing
A couple of years ago, self-publishing was a dirty word. Okay, okay — it still is. But it’s slowly shaking its negative connotations. People are not only able to publish books that publishers dismiss as inappropriate, but are managing to form stable...
by Ryan Casey | May 11, 2013 | Publishing
Authors and publishers, stop what you’re doing and head on over to Amazon right this moment. David Gaughran, one of the most self-publishing savvy authors out there, has just launched his new book, Let’s Get Visible: How To Get Noticed And Sell More Books....
by Ryan Casey | May 1, 2013 | Publishing
Note: since the publication of this post, a lot has changed in the publishing landscape. I still use Draft2Digital to get my books into Apple and Barnes & Noble, but I also use Smashwords for the other channels. So yes — Smashwords has improved. Lots....
by Ryan Casey | Apr 12, 2013 | Publishing
If you’re a long-term follower of this blog, you’ll remember I posted a hypothesis last summer about how a ‘Spotify for Books’ style platform would likely emerge in the coming months and years, offering readers a means to pay a flat fee and...
