by R.M. ArceJaeger | Jul 2, 2015 | Publishing |
I love(d) KDP. Recently, however, Amazon changed how it computes author payments for Kindle Select borrows. Although the letter Amazon sent out describing the program sounded great (the example it gave was 100 borrows x 100 pages read = $1,000 if the total pages read...
by R.M. ArceJaeger | Sep 28, 2014 | Other |
If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball traveling at 90% the speed of light? If you are at all into “romance, sarcasm, math, and language,” you have no doubt heard of XKCD comics. If...
by R.M. ArceJaeger | Jul 17, 2013 | Publishing |
Who knew that adding a paperback edition to a #1 Amazon bestseller could be so hazardous? What follows are the chronicles of my decision to take my eBook, Robin: Lady of Legend, into the world of print publishing with a paperback version. I waited a year and a half to...
by R.M. ArceJaeger | Apr 3, 2012 | Publishing |
There is only one place to buy ISBNs in the United States: Bowker (The United States ISBN Agency). In the UK, it is Nielsen (Nielsen UK ISBN Agency). Each country has exactly one agency allowed to assign ISBNs. Why then do some publishers/printers/people claim they...
by R.M. ArceJaeger | Feb 8, 2012 | Book News |
I just sold 250 copies of A Stepmother’s Story: The TRUE Tale of Cinderella in 10 minutes. I’m kind of freaking out. Was it a glitch? Sales had been pretty slow the last few days. I checked my sales stats at 3:00 pm and no sales so far. Sigh. I checked...