by Kevin Tumlinson | Aug 26, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset
Choosing a title is an art. It’s a bit like being able to write poetry, or to paint as an impressionist. A good title is also a paradox. You’re aiming to convey something a bit esoteric and ineffable with your title, and yet it needs to give your potential reader a...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Feb 28, 2018 | Author How-To & Mindset, Knowledge Base
The Worst and Best Ways to Launch Your Book – Part 2 In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the top five worst ways to handle your book launch. We just can’t leave this on a negative note, though. It would be wrong. So, in this post we’re diving into one possible...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Nov 30, 2017 | Author How-To & Mindset
For the past four days, my internet service provider (who shall remain unnamed) has had a major outage. It’s impacting a large portion of the country, I’m told, and there’s no word on when it will be restored. And, by sheer coincidence, my laptop and phone have lost...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Aug 2, 2017 | Author Essentials, Author How-To & Mindset, Features & Walk-Thrus, Knowledge Base
With Draft2Digital adding OverDrive as one of its eBook distribution platforms, indie authors have a new and easy way to get their books into more than 38,000 public, corporate, and school libraries, in 40+ countries worldwide. We’d shout about it, but we don’t want...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Mar 10, 2017 | Author How-To & Mindset
One of the burdens shouldered by indie authors is the overhead of the business. With a traditional publishing contract, some of that overhead is mitigated. The author isn’t asked to cover overhead and pay directly for cover design, layout, or distribution—though...
