Category Archives: Self-publishing

I’ve posted before about All Romance eBooks, which I’ve always regarded as a nice little niche market for my work, despite eccentricities like taking $1 off my royalties if they paid me through PayPal, and constant “sales,” not to mention … Continue reading →

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Gabriella West | 4 Comments

A Happy Fourth…

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Gabriella West

I wanted to wish everyone out there in the US a happy Fourth of July! The weather is always chilly and foggy here in San Francisco. At night in our neighborhood, the air is filled with the sound of homemade rockets … Continue reading →

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Elsie Street Sequel Now on Preorder!

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Gabriella West

I’ve been busy writing this spring. The full-length sequel to Elsie Street, The Pull of Yesterday, is now available for preorder at Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo. It will be released on those platforms on June 5. Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

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Smashwords Read an Ebook Week Promo Runs Through Saturday

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Gabriella West

It’s that time of year again. Smashwords has its sitewide promotion, Read an Ebook Week, running through Saturday, March 12. It’s a great opportunity to pick up a multitude of ebooks at low cost using the in-store coupons SW provides. … Continue reading →

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Elsie Street Will Be Deal of the Day on ARe!

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Gabriella West

All Romance eBooks is an ebook platform focused on, well, romance, and to my surprise my latest novel, Elsie Street, has done quite well there as opposed to on the bigger stores like Apple and Barnes & Noble. So I was … Continue reading →

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Year of the Fire Monkey

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Gabriella West

So, the upcoming Chinese New Year is the Year of the Fire Monkey. For those who don’t know, each year is named after a particular animal and falls only every 12 years. Looking back on my Monkey years, I was … Continue reading →

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Elsie Street Goes Wide

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Gabriella West

Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. I’m battling toothache, which is, um, what happens when you neglect your teeth for a long time… 😦 Indie authors call it “going wide” when you release your book outside the KDP Select platform. … Continue reading →

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New Book on Preorder: Elsie Street

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Gabriella West

I have a new book coming out in September! It’s called Elsie Street and it’s a contemporary MM romance set in San Francisco. This is my third book, and although I have lived in S.F. since 1988, it’s the first … Continue reading →

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KQED Forum Does an Hour on Self-Publishing

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Gabriella West

Michael Krasny, who hosts the Bay Area radio show Forum on KQED, did an hour on the changing world of self-publishing this week. I stumbled on to it a couple days later and was glad to be able to catch … Continue reading →

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Catch Time of Grace on Kindle Countdown This Weekend

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Gabriella West

Amazon offers a time-based promotional discount called the Kindle Countdown, which I’ve never yet used for any of my books. I decided to enroll Time of Grace this Friday through Sunday (May 8-10), so the novel will be available for … Continue reading →

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