Where Can You Sell Indie Audio Books?

Ahhhh. The sweet smell of success… or almost success. As some of you may remember, I’ve been diligently working on creating an audio book version of Simply Prayer. I’m happy to say that I’ve finished the recording and editing of it. Now comes the really hard part: deciding how to get it to the public. [...]

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Lulu vs CreateSpace: One Indie Author’s Perspective

In 2010 I used Lulu to publish my first book, Fear Not! Discovering God’s Promises For Our Lives. Then, this year (2011), I decided to give CreateSpace a try when I published Simply Prayer. Although the two POD’s are similar, there are some differences I thought others might like to know about before choosing one [...]

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Brave New World

What an awesome day! I have two exciting pieces of news for everyone: First, thanks to the hard work of Duolit, I now have a permanent web site with a secondary blog called One Servant’s Heart. I’ll be focusing on topics like prayer and meditation, as well as some light-hearted material on Christian fantasy. I [...]

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4 Steps To Keep Your Original Files Safe When Creating An Ebook In IDCS4

The proof of my second book, Simply Prayer, finally arrived in the mail this week and I’m happy with it overall. I admit, though, that I had to beg my husband to read through it just to make sure the errors I found needed to be fixed or if I was just being a perfectionist. [...]

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4 Steps To A Less Frustrating DIY Book

I finally ordered my proof copy of Simply Prayer, formerly Prayerfully Yours. While I’m happy with the file I uploaded to CreateSpace, I’m left wondering if I was my own worst enemy in getting the entire project done to begin with. I had originally planned on having the book out before the season of Advent, [...]

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Ebook Buyers: Can You Afford To Lose Them?

I recently read a guest post by Chris Keys, author of The Fishing Trip – A Ghost Story and Reprisal!: The Eagle Rises!, about the difficulties of selling self-published books.  According to Chris, he’s only sold about a dozen books.  It seems typical of independent authors, but here’s the catch: I looked for Chris’ book [...]

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From Glimmers to Guts: 7 Steps to Self-Publishing

31 Days to Build a Better Blog, Day 2 — Write a list post with a killer headline. I sometimes wonder how other writers develop their books. Do they plan it all out from the beginning so nothing’s a surprise? Do they “fly by the seat of their pants” and just begin writing? Do they [...]

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