Last week, I talked about author email lists, free books, and how to handle them in a way that benefits both readers and authors. This week, as promised, I’m diving into BookFunnel promotions—one of the biggest and best ways to load up your e-reader with fantastic books, discover new authors, and grab deals you won’t […]
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Once you’ve made the leap and you’re reading e-books, it doesn’t take long to reach a point where you simply don’t like reading paper anymore. It’s at this point in time you can start systematically moving yourself to 100% paperless. There are lots of advantages to making the transition: 1. You’ll have all your books,
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Has it been a while since you were really bitten, hog-tied and spell-bound by a book? Do most books you read these days seem okay, but not super-duper fantastic the way they used to be even five years ago? I can help you change that. We’re Too Busy These days. I grew up in Australia,
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(a) Get your mind out of the gutter! 😉 (b) If you would like to enjoy your reading more, read on. There is a tool out there that is currently enjoying a revival in many businesses and industries. It is the simple checklist. Dr. Atul Gawande wrote the book, The Checklist Manifesto, after he incorporated checklists into
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The boxed set of The Indigo Reports was released first thing this morning, and everyone who pre-ordered should have their copies by now. Enjoy the read! For those of you who were waiting for the print edition, I’m afraid it will be a few days longer before I can upload that. I was a victim
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If you’ve been following my blog posts for a while, it is probably not a big shock to you if I tell you that I am subscribed to several productivity blogs. One of them, Zen Habits, recently put up a post about deliberately scheduling reading time into your day. If you’ve never deliberately schedule something
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A few weeks ago, I let everyone know about BookFunnel’s Library feature (more details here if you don’t know what I’m referring to). I got a ton of email back from readers who really loved the feature and were super glad to hear about it. But I also got an email from a reader who
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“Writing short stories started as a clever way to outsmart publishing algorithms, but it quickly became a passion. They’re fast, fierce, and let me explore parts of my worlds that novels can’t always reach.”
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“Short stories are like paper planes—light, quick to launch, and sometimes, they soar higher than you’d ever expect. They’re small vessels that carry big ideas.”
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Why am I talking about pulp fiction? (No, not the movie — which got its name from Tarantino’s inspiration for the story.)
Two reasons: Classic SF got its start in the pulp magazines. And my Ptolemy Lane Tales series was my nod to classic hardcore pulp fiction.
Classic pulp stories are often decried for their simplicity and dependence upon erotic elements to move copies. The criticism overlooks one of the primary functions of pulp stories: They were written to entertain.
And my god, they did that in spades.
At their peak of popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, the most successful pulps could sell up to one million copies per issue. In 1934, Frank Gruber (writer) said there were some 150 pulp titles.*
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