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Audiobooks Point #5: Finding a Reader
You've got your book up on ACX, ready for a reader. So do dozens, hundreds, of others. You've made your book sound as appealing as possible, picked the best scene in the book to intrigue any reader who happens along. And nothing happens. One day, two, three go by, and...
Audiobooks Point #4: Preparing to Reel in a Reader
You have an account, you've claimed your first book, and you're beginning to learn your way around the site. New terms and rules are buzzing through your head. The whole goal of this is to get the right person to read your book. To do that, you have to make your book...
Audiobooks Point #3: Learning the Terms and Rules
This one probably should have come earlier, but you likely won't get a reader the first day. Even if you do, I recommend you not jump on the first one, so while you're waiting, get acquainted with the terms and rules. Where do you find those rules? On the ACX Platform...
Audiobooks Point #2: First Steps
So how do you get started on your wonderful foray into this new adventure of audiobooks? The first thing I remember doing is creating an ACX account. You use the same login as you use for Amazon, so thank goodness not another user name or password! Somewhere along in...
Audiobooks Point #1: List One Book At A Time
I have a small break waiting for the last corrections to come in on two audiobooks, so I'm going to get started on my Audiobook Journey. LESSON #1 - List One Book At A Time Why is this the first lesson? Because this is the very first mistake I made. To begin at the...
I’m going into Audiobooks!
Yes, I'm going into Audiobooks. I'm going to try to keep track of every step along the way, maybe someone else will have the same questions I have. My brain tends to see options where other people find things straightforward. I hope to cover things that seem obvious...
Research, Writing and Reviewers
Reading reviews can be tough. Particularly when you've done all the research, spent months, years even, checking facts before writing, and then checking again as you write. I just got a review I feel I must respond to. Someone just raised a number of biblical...
Romance Gets Respect—At Last!
A wonderful piece came across my Facebook feed today, forwarded by none other than Julia Quinn and Teresa Mederios. Even better, it is an article from Smithsonian.com! And the title is "Why Can't Romance Novels Get Any Love?" Now, that might not sound so hopeful,...
Finding Kindle Corrected Books
When I first contacted Amazon, informed them that I had reworked Temper The Wind, and asked how to notify all the poor people who had bought it, Amazon told me that they would put a notice in the "Manage Your Kindle" section of the purchaser's account. Since I didn't...
Amazon Surprise
I wrote earlier about how Amazon works to help their authors succeed, and yesterday I had another graphic illustration of what they do. I was going through my emails and suddenly, from Amazon, I saw in the subject line "Fortune's Flower." At first I was puzzled, had...
Blog Archives:
Writing With a Rare Illness
12/2013
Learning the Hard Way
2/18/2014
Never Ever Rush Again
5/18/2014
My Third Book is Out!
10/21/2014
Frustrating Reviewers
6/22/2014
Finding Kindle Corrected Books
12/10/2014
Romance Gets Respect—At Last!
3/16/2015
Research, Writing and Reviewers
6/20/2015
I’m Going Into Audiobooks
8/20/2015!
Audiobooks Point #1: List One Book At A Time
8/20/2015
Audiobooks Point #2: First Steps
8/20/2015
Audiobooks Point #3: Learning the Terms and Rules
8/20/2015
Audiobooks Point #4: Preparing to Reel in a Reader
8/20/2016
Audiobooks Point #5: Finding a Reader
8/24/2015
Audiobooks Point #6: The First Auditions
8/25/2015
Audiobooks Point #7: Auditions—How to Make the Right Decision
8/25/2015
Audiobooks Point #8: You’ve Got a Narrator. Now What?
8/26/2015
Audiobooks Point #9: The Reading’s Not Quite Right
8/30/2015
Converting Your Book into an ePub for Free
12/11/2015
To Begin Self Publishing at the Very Beginning
July 30, 2016
To Begin Self Publishing at the Very Beginning, Part 2
July 30, 2016
