For the cover of my novel Neanderthal Swan Song, I wanted to do something a little different. Since Neanderthals evoke images of primative life, cave paintings come to mind. (Nevermind whether they lived in caves.) But, since this Neanderthal is living in the 21st-century, the images will be of modern… Continue reading
Everything is on track for the release of Neanderthal Swan Song as an ebook in a few weeks. The main obstacle to overcome is cover art, and I have an idea brewing to cover that. What you may not know is that I have a collection of short stories and… Continue reading
IN March, Angry Robot books had an open call for manuscripts. I debated whether to submit or to go ahead with plans already in place to go indie with this book. I reluctantly submitted, hoping for a quick resolution, and secretly hoping that they would not be interested. Turns out,… Continue reading
Author Terrill Lankford made a bold stand recently. He read his contract from a major publishing house and balked at the electronic royalty split of 75% going to the publisher. Get the details in this Publisher’s Weekly article. If you have been following this blog for very long at all,… Continue reading
It’s decision time for me. Publisher Angry Robot has an open call for unrepresented novel manuscripts. I have a novel manuscript that I am converting to EPUB format. The question becomes, do I halt the work and submit to the Angry Robot call, or do I push ahead and electronically… Continue reading
I did some work last night in converting “e-books for the 21-Century Author” over to EPUB format using Atlantis. My reaction to the software is complete satisfaction. Here are some thoughts about it. 1) The software has an ebook template that is excellent. Just write or cut/paste your content over… Continue reading
Not much putting words on paper have happened recently, but that doesn’t mean I have been neglecting the writing. I have a few projects that have been in the prep phase. Foremost, I have discovered a word processing program for Windows that will export a document in ePub format. During… Continue reading
This is the eighth essay in a series on electronic publishing. The other essays can be found at the links below: Essay 1 Essay 2 Essay 3 Essay 4 Essay 5 Essay 6 Essay 7 One of the biggest controversies in digital publishing revolves around digital rights management (DRM). This… Continue reading
This is the seventh in a series of essays on electronic publishing. You can see the previous entries by following these links: Essay 1 Essay 2 Essay 3 Essay 4 Essay 5 Essay 6 Over the course of this series of essays, I have discussed a number of different ways… Continue reading
This is essay number 6 in a series of essays on electronic publishing. Links to the previous essays appear below. Essay 1 Essay 2 Essay 3 Essay 4 Essay 5 If an author chooses to go the electronic route, it makes sense that the author would lean on social media… Continue reading
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