bibbubble, to ai German

KI als Amazon-Problem https://bibliotheksbubble.de/2023/07/04/ki-als-amazon-problem/ Amazons Selfpublishing steht vor einer großen Herausforderung. Noch klingt diese Meldung relativ harmlos, aber sie zeigt auf … #AI #Amazon #ChatGPT #KI #Selfpublishing

geerlingguy, to writing
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Self-published Ansible book – 87k copies, 300k revenue, 41 revisions https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/self-publishing-technical-book-10-years

victoriastrauss, to random

ChatGPT ebooks have been a thing for a while, but authors are sounding the alarm about a huge uptick in this sort of content, and it's messing with the Kindle Unlimited bestseller charts #WriterBeware #WritingCommunity #selfpublishing https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/amazon-kindle-ai-ebooks-spam/

ewdocparris, to random

The best thing I did in my #SelfPublishing journey was to become friends with lots of writers who followed the #TraditionalPublishing path. I followed their marketing path as closely as I could. I wasn't able to match their promotions budget, but their publishers did things on their behalf that anyone can do.

Still learning but, that one trick continues to pay dividends.

skye, to random German

ich bin echt am überlegen ob ich am ende mein buch einfach in verschiedenen formaten kostenlos zum download auf eine website schmeiße und nen paypal spendenbutton dazutu oder so. ich glaub ernsthaft, auf die art würde ich mehr geld kriegen, weil wenn dann 2 leute 10 € schicken ist das genausogut wie wenn 20 das über amazon kaufen, plus die großen konzerne kriegen weniger geld in den rachen geschmissen. und mehr als ne handvoll leser*innen erwarte ich sowieso nicht.

ist dann natürlich auch schwerer zu finden und alles. aber ich will das so oder so unter einer cc-lizenz veröffentlichen und weiß gar nicht, ob die diversen #selfpublishing anbieter das überhaupt mitmachen würden.

es ist einfach ätzend, sich mit sowas rumärgern zu müssen

v_d_richards, to random German
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Ich bin kein Freund von Dark Romance, die in den Bereichen von Consent grau ist.
Lese gerade die Date Szene in und ich bin froh, dass ich eine Szene geschrieben habe, in der ich zeige, wie ich denke, dass man das Erfragen von Consent spielerisch ins Flirten einbauen kann.

Sei wie Ranold: versichere dich, was dein Gegenüber möchte und höre zu.

Consent is sexy😘

v_d_richards, to random German
@v_d_richards@literatur.social avatar

Manchmal trifft man über Social Media Menschen, die einfach nett und hilfsbereit sind und dann steht jemand wie ich da und weiß gar nicht, wie man damit umgeht.
Dann müssen diese Menschen so introvertierte Sozialisierungschaoten wie mich auch noch stupsen, damit man Hilfe ohne schlechtes Gewissen annimmt.

Somit an dieser Stelle: Danke an @khzimmer2 ,der mich nicht aufgegeben hat und sich generell für die Schreibcommunity einsetzt :plume:

#selfpublishing #sp #schreiben #autorenleben

ewdocparris, to random

When you see writers begging you to rate and review their books there's a really good reason for it.
Positive ratings and reviews work out to be the equivalent of thousands of dollars of ad revenue.

If you love an author's book, the best way to show it is to rate and review their books.

Also, spread the word.

#Bookstodon #WritingCommunity #AmReading #SelfPublishing

nsfordwriter, to books

Celebrating 6 months of The Indie Books & Authors Newsletter with an indie books series special!

https://indiebooks.substack.com/p/the-indie-books-and-authors-newsletter-5a1

A friendly, free Newsletter for and supporters of - nearly at 100 subscribers!

Sascha_Raubal, to buechermachen German
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Vorsicht, Werbung:

In einer Woche ist es so weit:
Band 4 meiner Abartigen kommt raus.
Wenn alles gutgeht, ich bin ja von BoD zu Tredition gewechselt.

Wer Low Fantasy Abenteuer mit ein wenig ernster "Message" mag:

https://sascha-raubal.de/DieAbartigen.html

Man fängt sinnigerweise mit Band 1 an. Und ich freue mich über Feedback, vor allem Sternchen und ein paar Zeilen bei dem Händlern.

@buchstodon
@buechermachen
@leseecke
#buchstodon
#buch
#phantastik
#abenteuer
#autorenleben
#literaturhinweis
#selfpublishing

marcr, to buechermachen German
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Zwischendurch auch mal eine gute Nachricht. Meine #Malbücher sind fertig und gerade ist das Paket mit der ersten großen Lieferung gekommen, nachdem der Probedruck schon gut aussah. 🤩

#Mutfreunde #Selfpublishing @buechermachen

marcr, to buchstodon German
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Liebe Eltern,
am Samstag, den 24.06. bin ich zusammen mit anderen Autoren und Autorinnen aus und der Umgebung in der @stabi_erlangen zu Gast. Dort lesen wir von 10:00 bis 14:00 Uhr aus unseren Kinderbüchern vor.

Ich werde dort aus meinem Kinderbuch "Maxi Glühwürmchen - Mutfreunde" vorlesen.

Der Eintritt ist frei, bitte kommt zahlreich. 😁

https://www.stadtbibliothek-erlangen.de/de/themenseite/aktuelles-veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung-detail?r=6&config=stadtbibliothek_erlangen&vid=177462_2023-06-24T10:00

@buchstodon @buechermachen

mwl, to random
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For years, I have dismissed Lulu as irrelevant. They do good work, but they're too expensive for the service they provide. I have been waiting for them to reinvent themselves or go broke.

Suddenly, they're relevant. Sell print/ebook combos direct from your web site, anyone?

https://www.lulu.com/sell/sell-on-your-site/woocommerce

#selfpublishing #writingBiz

Nichelle, to books

It's been a while since I posted about my novel, which is available on Amazon (and soon other places). If you like a strong female detective with plenty of mental problems, give it a try! Boosts are always appreciated.

A Memory of Murder

Some people envision the future. I envision the past.

#SelfPublishing #MurderMystery #IndiePub #WritersOfMastodon #Books #Bookstodon #MysteryBooks #AMemoryOfMurder #AudreyLakeInvestigations

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B095JCP2X8

paranoiapen, to random

Curse you, commas. Honestly. My commas journey is so very very long. It's embarrassing.
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #SelfPublishing

quoth, to kindle

New Release

https://www.corvidspress.com/fiction/otherworld-series/goths-and-rooks/“Goths and Rooks” was released on the 8th of May 2024.

It’s the 12th instalment in the Celtic Otherworld series. So we are now making “Under the Stone of Destiny” free to download.

Previously

https://www.corvidspress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/d_and_r_3-fb.jpg
The ‘Dwarves and Rooks’ was released on the 6th of May 2021. It’s the 11th book in the Celtic Otherworld Series.

http://www.corvidspress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-Twa-Corbies_press._author.jpgThat’s the rooks, Never and Quoth, to the right. Never is watching Ray sleeping in the field and Quoth is berating him for letting Ray go to sleep there.

http://www.corvidspress.com/

Released Winter 2019 – 2020

The Seven Talismans, 25th December 2019
There are many ongoing projects for 2020.

Releases Summer 2019, Autumn 2019

The Legal Talent, 1st August 2019

The Fay Child, 8th August 2019

Artists and Rooks, 19th September 2019

See Ray’s Blog

Exiles and Rooks, Autumn 2018

Exiles and Rooks is out. See here on Ray’s Blog.

Last 2017 title? Exiles and Rooks

Absolutely complete and in preparation for publishing!

Will be published in 2017, probably early December. Sorry it will be in 2018 due to overrun on other projects and some late beta reader feedback.

See Ray’s blog that now has comments enabled.

Featured Books for May & June 2017

On 19th May 2017 Hero Genesis, #4 of Celtic Otherworld, but with a sideways shift at the start. Also on most other retailers.

Then on 23rd June, No Silver Lining, #5 of Celtic Otherworld set slightly in the future (months or years) when we are more dependant on Cloud Computing. Sample may have some “typos”. Final version will be uploaded by 10th June 2017. Also other retailers.

Featured Books for February & March 2017

The Master’s Talent Smashwords | Amazon USA

Wolf, Wizard, Fire, Golem (Fabled Hearts Book 1) Smashwords | Amazon USA

Featured Books for May & June 2016

The Apprentice’s Talent Smashwords | Amazon USA
Starship Chief
The Journeyman’s Talent
All “Talent Universe” stories by Ray McCarthy.
Also on Kobo, Apple ibooks, Overdrive, Flipcart, Barnes & Noble, CreateSpace and others.

Amazon Author’s page Smashwords Author’s page
Goodreads Author’s page

Contacting Us

Most writers are not experts in IT or formatting and would rather spend time writing. Self publishing is really self marketing. Traditional publishers are really marketing companies, few do their own printing, traditionally a Press. Volume paper printing is now mostly China and Eastern Europe. For small numbers of paper copies it’s best value to use Lulu or a similar Print on demand (POD) company.

Authors that want help with formatting and eBook conversion can contact Booknook.biz as we only deal with some local people face to face.

You can contact us here.

All offers of SEO or any other attempt at selling us stuff is junked. Corvids are smart, so no spam.

https://www.corvidspress.com/

#4 #5 #Createspace #eBook #Formatting #Kindle #Kobo #Mobi #PDF #POD #SelfPublish #selfPublishing #Writers

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leanpub, to books
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leanpub, to books
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Leanpub book LAUNCH! Generative AI For The Rest Of US: Your Future, Decoded by Aymen El Amri https://youtu.be/AS5rxamBeps @eon01

leanpub, to random
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'Were you aware that by independently publishing a book 📖 on the Leanpub global digital bookstore, you can receive 80% of each sale? This is a more advantageous option compared to KDP! Begin creating your book now: https://leanpub.com/create/book #selfpublishing

leanpub, to books
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leanpub, to programming
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NEW! A Leanpub Frontmatter Podcast Interview with Phil Sturgeon, Author of Surviving Other People's APIs | Watch here: https://youtu.be/KxDT3kXS82w

leanpub, to random
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Writing a book is a journey, and most people who complete one book want to write more, for the rest of their lives! That's one reason Leanpub has lifetime pay-once memberships for authors, unlocking powerful self-publishing features https://help.leanpub.com/en/articles/5578796-i-don-t-want-to-make-monthly-payments-for-my-leanpub-membership-how-can-i-purchase-a-lifetime-plan #ebooks #selfpublishing

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"There are billions of readers out there, and they’re almost all reachable now through online platforms, with no P&L - sorry, 'gatekeeper' - in the way. " https://leanpub.medium.com/everyones-buying-books-and-everyone-s-writing-them-too-76f1d1cfe443 #selfpublishing

leanpub, to books
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Leanpub book launch video! Crossplane: The Cloud Native Control Plane by Viktor Farcic https://youtu.be/Hn7j11Zzi5o

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