I watched the movie The Post (Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep) with great interest recently. Yup, I’m a Postie, having worked there for 23 years as an editor. I was full-time in Sports until several years after I started publishing books, when I went to part-time,...
One guess what writers do when they gather – talk about writing, of course. A week ago today I was at the wrapup of the Novelists, Inc. conference in St. Pete Beach, Fla. It was jam-packed from Tuesday too-early-for-me to Sunday noon with talk about the craft, the...
I just blogged about why Patricia McLinn books are not in Kindle Unlimited, including that I don’t care to be associated with an ecosystem (Kindle Unlimited a k a KU) that spawns scammers. Well. Now there are people trying to sell courses (charging $2,500 !!!)...
Some readers ask why Patricia McLinn books are not in Kindle Unlimited – here are my reasons: Amazon requires exclusivity — what that means to readers. In order to make my books available in the Kindle Unlimited umbrella, I would have to take them away from...
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but more not-good things are coming to light in book and reading world that are important for you to know so you can protect yourselves from being taken. Sigh. I’d much rather bring you stories of puppies and kittens. Instead,...
A while back, I wrote a blog about how scammers are running amok on Amazon, especially in Amazon KU, how it hurts you as readers, and that Amazon had not displayed any concern over this. Now, Amazon is further hurting readers by “disappearing” legit books...
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