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Gary D. Robson

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Tag: Amazon

Self Publishing…

Taking your self-published book into a bookstore

27 Nov 201431 Jan 2023
It happens all the time. An author comes into my bookstore and says, "would you carry my book here?" If they're carrying a copy of the book, I ask to…
Book Industry

An open letter to Hachette r.e. Amazon

9 Aug 20146 Jan 2022
As an Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) author, I received an email today from their KDP team. It laid out their side of the Amazon-Hachette dispute and encouraged authors to…
Writing

A professional social media business manager, obviously

29 Dec 2013
This blog, like every other blog, gets a lot of spam comments. Most of them are nonsensical, posted by bots in the hope that there's no spam filter and the…
Book Industry

Small Business and the Marketplace Fairness Act

24 Apr 20137 Jan 2022
If you listen to the scary emails being sent by massive online businesses like eBay, I should be panicking right now. They say that the "Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013"…
Writing

BookLamp and the Book Genome Project

5 Apr 201330 Jan 2023
I was perusing BookRiot yesterday and came across a post entitled "12 Alternatives to Goodreads." This is a hot topic since the announcement that Amazon is acquiring Goodreads, and I…
Writing

Amazon buying Goodreads? Can’t we have anything nice?

29 Mar 20132 Jan 2022
The word is out. The biggest monopoly in the history of the book business is buying the biggest independent book review website. Most of what I'm reading about Amazon's pending…
Articles…

The Wrong Way to Promote Your Book

26 Jan 201330 Jan 2023
I originally wrote this article for Writer's Weekly back in 2003. It can be seen in its original form on their website. I've placed it here on my blog because…
Self Publishing…

Kindle store vs. Apple iBookstore – An author’s perspective

30 May 201130 Jan 2023
In 2003, I created a booklet based on a pamphlet written by Fay Kuhlman. Entitled The Darkest Hour: A Comprehensive Account of the Smith Mine Disaster of 1943, it sold…

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