Tag: amazon
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An Experiment
I want to try an experiment. Recently (mid 2021), Amazon announced the beginning of “Kindle Vella”, a new avenue of publishing where books or stories can be released in “episodes” — or basically chapter by chapter. Readers buy tokens and can spend these tokens to purchase episodes of their favorite stories. Now I am not…
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Local Beans
Let’s talk about something mundane. Coffee. Wait? What? Coffee’s not mundane, you sonofa—— you might be thinking. I actually agree with you. I drink a lot of coffee. I prefer dark roast, like a French roast. I normally grind my own beans and sometimes even use my French press. Something of a coffee guy I…
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Being Indie
There are a host of reasons as a writer to pursue traditional publishing or indie publishing (aka self-publishing). Each lists a number of benefits; each lists a number of problems. For me, before I had dove into the task of drafting query letters for my novel, The Good Teacher, I learned of the idea of…
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Leaving Amazon
Once again, I am leaving Amazon. Well, not entirely. What I am doing is stepping away from having my books enrolled in Kindle Select. It was a decision I’ve toyed with on many occasions. Was it better for me to keep all my eggs in that basket or to spread it out? Was it better…
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Ebook Sale Begins Today!
May the 4th be with you! Starting today, all my ebook works are going on sale! See the links below! I have 3 for free and another 5 for only $0.99 apiece. That means for $4.95 you can own all the terrible writing I’ve put out so far! (Or just grab the free stuff and…
Jeremy C Kester 