How not to handle reviews you do not agree with!
An author didn’t like a review that was posted by an 18 year old so he tracked her down and bottled her! While this awful attack happened last year, it is only now just going to trial.
Even the larger names in Indie Publishing get hit by the ‘Zon
H.M. Ward has reported that four of her titles in her The Arrangement series have been taken down by Amazon. They don’t think she is who she says she is, even though another part of Amazon does…
http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,226272.0.html
Kindle Unlimited…
It’ll be interesting to see what happens with KU in the next few months. Here’s the payout per page since KU2.0 was implemented.
July – 0.00580
August – 0.00514
September – 0.00507
October – 0.004809
NEWS BYTES
Post in FB groups? Beware the wrath of FB.
http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,225853.0.html
Orbit Books will publish 90 books a year, starting 2016.
http://io9.com/orbit-books-will-publish-an-astonishing-90-books-starti-1742534728
22 times the dedication page was the best part of the book 🙂
http://distractify.com/humor/2015/11/14/beth-badass-book-dedications
HOW-TO DO-TOO
Want to make your own covers?
Then before you start screwing around in PhotoShop or whatever, it’s a good idea to find out what a good design looks like and the theory behind making one yourself. Educate yourself and save your precious, precious time…
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/designing-book-covers/
RESOURCES
Need maps? Visit Ren on Fiverr, they are truly works of art!
https://www.fiverr.com/renflowergrapx
For people who love to plot and scheme and beat their books 😛
http://jamigold.com/for-writers/worksheets-for-writers/
Translate British slang into American and vice versa 😛
http://www.translatebritish.com/
