On December 9, 2010, I was contacted by CreateSpace (Amazon’s Print on Demand service) who publishes my print books. They informed me that my title, Back to the Garden, had been removed for violating their “content guidelines.” When I consulted their guidelines I found them so vague as to be useless—were they saying my content was illegal? Public domain? Stolen?… Read More
Crime/Mystery edge out Romance/Erotica – Really?
According to a Harris Poll published by Publisher’s Weekly, crime and mystery novels have edged out romance, chick lit and erotica. Of course, they only interviewed 2700-ish people. Personally, I think there are far more people willing to ADMIT they read mysteries, crime novels and sci-fi than there are people willing to ADMIT they read romance and erotica. In that… Read More
What Amazon Kindle is Doing Wrong
I had a conversation today that got me thinking about what Amazon Kindle might be doing wrong. I think we can all agree that they have done a lot right, in terms of selling ebooks – as their 70-80% of the market share proves. The Kindle is a fantastic e-reader, and as a dedicated device, I wouldn’t recommend anything else…. Read More
Ebook Price Wars Solutuon
I’ve got a lot of friends in the UK who were very excited to see the addition of Kindle to the UK store. Kindle, I’ve noticed, has separated out the UK sales from the US sales in our royalties – probably because authors are still getting 35% on their UK sales, while from the US sales, they’re getting 70% (as… Read More
Selling Out
FROM THE SELF PUBLISHING REVOLUTION BLOG: About a year ago, Fictionwise was acquired by bookseller Barnes and Noble. This is old news. The reaction was mixed, positive and negative. Some thought, well it had to happen some time, as ebooks became a bigger part of the market share, and if Fictionwise was going to be acquired by anyone, at least… Read More
The Future of (self) Publishing
I started a new blog over at The Self Publishing Revolution, but I thought it would be good to cross-post here, too! Come join us, we have some great author contributors! **** At this moment I have the #1, #6 and #9 bestsellers in erotica on Amazon. That may change in the next moment. They move up and down. But… Read More
Pirate Queen Retires
A few times a week, I go pirate-hunting. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it! I spend a few hours Googling my name, checking out links to free file-sharing sites, and sending out cease and desist notices. Usually, the links are removed within 24 hours. Yay me! Yeah, right. The truth is, I probably only catch about… Read More
Amazon Rankings – and a BIG SALE!
Amazon has now pulled their “free reads” from their rankings. And if you haven’t read any of the following yet – they’re on sale for only $1.78 on AMAZON! Get them NOW! Taking “free reads” out of the rankings has catapulted Babysitting the Baumgarters to: #4 in Erotica #100 in Romance (!!) And Under Mr. Nolan’s Bed to: #8 in… Read More
New Release: Quickies by Selena Kitt
eXcessica new release QUICKIES By Selena Kitt www.excessica.com Length: Novel (55,867) Category: Anthology Heat Level: eXcess 4 Price: $4.99 AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK AVAILABLE IN PRINT Whether the story is about a quick encounter of the erotic kind or it’s just a fast and furious read, here is a pulse-pounding twenty-five story anthology, promising to take you on a headlong… Read More
2009 Eppie Finalists
Thought I’d brag a little (again) about the fact that two of eXcessica’s books have been judged as 2009 EPPIE FINALISTS! I’m so proud I could bust-a-button. 🙂 This is the 8th year of the Eppies, and it has become a rather prestigious award in the e-publishing world. From the EPIC (Electronically Published Internet Connection) site: “The EPPIE Awards have… Read More