Dave M just forwarded me an article about publishing on Amazon Kindle which inspired me to drop all my book prices there.

I’ve been making more from ebooks than regular books for a few months now and it makes sense. After all, I don’t have to pay for the printing, I don’t have to deal with shipping, I get a higher % of the retail revenue, and people obviously like their Kindles. Another book “expert” talks a lot about charging the same amount for e or paper so as to not devalue your work, but that sounds like old-school thinking to me.

So I changed. My vampire book now goes for $2.99, and my Christmas books (which, in all honesty, are barely Christmasy enough to call them Christmas books) go for $4.11 for the first one and $6.45 for the sequel. Maybe I’ll drop those later. We’ll see how it goes.

If you don’t have a Kindle – click one of these – choose from the $139 wifi version for uploading books on your home network, or the $189 wifi + free 3G version which gives you free internet anywhere it gets service. Pretty cool!

It’s been a while since I posted so it’s time for me to say something. What you get is a handful of good quotes & ideas I’ve run across lately. Along with assorted news tidbits. In no particular order.

“Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.”
- Nancy Lopez

In Spanish, the verb “to hope” also means “to wait.” It implies an expectation which is a nice perspective while you hope. And wait. No matter how long it takes. Continue Reading »