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July Book Review: Building Character by Kate Genet

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

‘Building Character’ by Kate Genet, 2012, Kindle/Smashwords ($6.99)  The summer months are difficult ones for indie authors, who tend to see sales of their full-length ebooks diminish. A book that came out last month without much fanfare is Kate Genet’s … Continue reading →

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May Book Review: Pennance by Clare Ashton

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

‘Pennance’ by Clare Ashton, 2012, Createspace pbk (8.99)/Kindle ($2.99) When I first came across Clare Ashton’s debut novel on Kindle, I confess I frowned slightly at the title and thought that it was possibly a typo for “Penance.” It’s not, … Continue reading →

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Indie author spotlight–Kate Genet

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

To showcase some of the great indie writing out there, I want to do a occasional profile of writers who are producing impressive work via ebook. Kate Genet is an eclectic and prolific New Zealand novelist who is perhaps best … Continue reading →

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Bob Mayer speaks up

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Bob Mayer, whom I mentioned in my last post, wrote this great new blog post today–very blunt, very scintillating–about the nasty divide that’s opened up between traditionally pubbed authors and indie authors, each claiming their turf and saying their way … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on indie authors, and a review

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

I think every now and then these days about what it means to be an indie author. For me, it’s meant being able to publish a literary novel that I thought was never going to make it into the light … Continue reading →

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