Do Amazon Ads Actually Work for Ebook Marketing?

A Conversation with Claude So there I was yesterday morning, staring at my growing pile of Lost Pages manuscripts and wondering how the hell I’m supposed to get people to actually discover these books once they’re published. At 77, chasing a bestseller dream with a three-year deadline, I can’t exactly rely on word-of-mouth and hope … Read more

Why Your First Book Will Probably Lose Money (And Why That’s Okay)

In my last post I shared some brutal income data relevant to us indie writers that was eye opening, to say the least. More like a poke in the vitreous humor! Well, today I want to dig deeper into something that might sound even more discouraging at first: your first book is almost certainly going … Read more

The Brutal Math Every Indie Author Needs to See

So there I was last week, deep in research for this crazy bestseller quest I’ve gotten myself into at 77, when I stumbled across some indie author income numbers that made me put down my coffee and stare at the screen for a good five minutes. Not because the numbers were encouraging–hell no. Because they … Read more