All Blog Posts Tagged 'Amazon.com' (6)

Farewell to Manual Typewriters

In addition to books from my childhood, the reluctant typewriter in the basement of my family home drew me to writing. The gummy keys stuck, forcing me to use several fingers and a hearty jab to generate each key stroke. I worked long hours to create something that looked like the “real” writing I saw in books.

Apparently typewriters continued to be viewed as useful machines in India until…

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Added by Laura L. Cooper on April 27, 2011 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Formatting your ms for Kindle upload

Yes, you get some formatting errors when you upload your usual word processing doc to Kindle Direct Publishing. And yes, there’s a free and relatively easy way around this problem. I’m preparing a short how-to manual, teaching self-pubbing authors how to format their work for a seamless Amazon.com upload without formatting errors, in four steps. But honestly, the most important part of the process is detailed in the instructions listed on my… Continue

Added by J. Gunnar Grey on April 16, 2011 at 5:35am — No Comments

Moonlight Falls nails another 5 Star Review

From the Cajun Book Lady Blog Review!

Let me start off by saying I'm now a fan of Vincent!

I loved this book for so many reasons but I'll start with the main character Moonlight. He was such a well

built character that no matter what dastardly deed he did in the story,

I found myself still rooting for… Continue

Added by Vincent Zandri on February 23, 2010 at 3:24am — No Comments

Take a look at my interview about Absence of Faith by Carl Lee

Carl Lee - That would leave the playing field wide-open. How did you nail down a direction for the plot?

"The characters. I created sets of characters - a doctor and his wife and just the opposite, a young girl and her new boyfriend who are laid back, go with the flow types. The doctor has doubts about his confidence and what he really believes in; the young girl is strong-willed and searching for herself. Her boyfriend is pure… Continue

Added by Anthony S. Policastro on April 30, 2009 at 2:55am — No Comments

Murder & Mayhem at the Bar / Amazon's Kindle

Murder & Mayhem at the Bar / Amazon's Kindle

Mystery writers are a strange group. Our minds work differently than normal people. I was recently appointed, or maybe elected, to the board of directions of the Florida chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. Last weekend I attended the board meeting/chapter luncheon at the Deerfield Beach Hilton, an almost four-hour ride from Key West.

The luncheon speakers were columnists Oline Cogdill and writer/marketing Guru Sandy… Continue

Added by Michael Haskins on January 30, 2009 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

Marketing and What Readers Can Do to Help

Every Secret Crime will be released in two days.

Want to help with marketing?

There are four things you can do that are absolutely stone critical.

1: Buy Every Secret Crime and enjoy it.

2: Write a review of Every Secret Crime on Amazon, Barnes and Noble.com or any sales site where you're allowed to post one. Point of sale reviews are essential. By a large majority, readers tell me they bought my first book based on the reviews they found on the listing page. It… Continue

Added by Doug M. Cummings on June 16, 2008 at 11:23pm — No Comments