Even though I’m super stressed and distracted, I managed to write another 6 pages today, for my 2nd novel, got about 70 pages total now. Only about 200-300 more to go…
Quote: Typewriter or keyboard…
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Indie Author Spotlight – open for submissions
The next Indie Author Spotlight will be posted within a week,
in the meantime, keep those submissions comin’…
At least once a month, Indie Hero will feature an Indie Author. If interested, please submit the following:
– Author name / book title
– a brief bio
– book purchase links
– social media links: twitter, facebook, etc.
– Responses to the following questions:
- Why did you decide to go indie and self-publish? What was the process like for you?
- How do you market/promote/advertise? What’s been successful and what hasn’t?
- What advice would you give to an author who’s trying to decide between traditional publishing and independent?
- When/how did you realize that you wanted to be a writer?
- Most indie authors have day jobs. How has your current or previous employment informed your writing?
- Do you have any favorite authors and do they influence your writing?
- Anything else readers should know about you?
Please send (just the info listed above) to indieheroblog at gmail dot com
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Indie Bookseller Deathmatch: Singulus Books vs. The Strand
Obviously, I’m going to lose.
I just hope to pick off a few (like 100) of their customers.
Singulus Books is open today, 10/25, from 9:30am to 6:00pm.
Location: A sidewalk near The Strand Book Store in Union Square
828 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
Singulus Books – open today, 10am-6pm, 80th and B’way, NYC
Singulus Books has popped up on the Upper West Side. Today only, 10am to 6pm.
Near the world famous Zabar’s,
and a block away from this place,
and here’s the neighborhood.
If you’re in the area, please visit. Perhaps buy my book, chat, etc.
Maybe offer to cover my table for a few minutes so I can take a bathroom break.
It’s the least you can do.
And I’m open. Singulus Books at the Brooklyn Book Festival
Big day tomorrow…
So, tomorrow’s the big day. Just checked the projected attendance for this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival. Approximately 40,000 visitors.
(Gulp, heart rate increases)
As an unofficial vendor bum-rushing the event, I am trying to decide where to set up the Singulus Books table.
I’m thinking near the subway entrances, charging stations, or food trucks.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Leave a comment.
EXTRA:
Practicing the setup / breakdown:
Singulus Books – before
Singulus Books (stocked with 100 paperbacks) – after
Brooklyn Book Festival
The Brooklyn Book Festival ( http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/ ) is on 9/21/14, with bookend events from 9/15 to 9/21.
Here’s the official description:
“The Brooklyn Book Festival, on Sunday, September 21, 2014, is a huge, free public event presenting an array of literary stars and emerging authors who represent the exciting world of literature today. One of America’s premier literary and literacy events, this hip, smart, diverse gathering attracts thousands of booklovers of all ages. The festival is organized around themed readings and devoted to timely and lively panel discussions. The inclusion of top national and international authors and new partners has expanded the festival’s reach while continuing to celebrate and enhance Brooklyn’s contemporary and historic literary reputation.”
Singulus Books and I will have a table there, guerrilla style of course. The prep work is done: have my Square credit card reader, banners, promotional items, folding table and chair, and 100 copies of my novel, Dream Brother. Should be a great event. If you are there, please stop by and say hello.
Amazon vs. Hachette – Indie authors and lovers of Indie Lit. – take a stand against big publishing, sign the petition.
Some have called for a boycott of Amazon. Read the article excerpt below.
“Self-published authors responded to Preston’s open letter on Thursday with their own petition, which now boasts over 3,000 signatures.
Launched by Howey – author of the hit dystopian novel Wool – and others including the bestselling thriller writers JA Konrath and Barry Eisler – the letter urges readers not to boycott Amazon, arguing that the online giant has liberated authors and readers alike from the clutches of “New York Publishing”.
“Major publishers like Hachette have a long history of treating authors and readers poorly,” the petition states. “Amazon, on the other hand, has built its reputation on valuing authors and readers dearly. The two companies didn’t simultaneously change directions overnight.”
“Amazon has done more to liberate readers and writers than any other entity since Johannes Gutenberg refined the movable type printing press”, the petition continues, adding that “Amazon is growing overall readership while liberating the voices of countless writers, adding to the diversity of literature”.
“A large percentage of the ebooks sold on Amazon are from independent authors. You have validated our decision to write and to publish. Don’t let the wealthiest of writers convince you to turn away,” the authors write.”
Please take a moment to read and sign the petition.
Indie Hero thanks you…
https://www.change.org/petitions/hachette-stop-fighting-low-prices-and-fair-wages
INDIEpendence Day Sale – $2.99 (40% off) – Dream Brother: A Novel – Kindle Ebook
Happy 4th of July.
Be safe, and in the spirit of independence, buy an indie book.
Also, don’t blow your fingers off and definitely leash your dog so he doesn’t wage war on your campground.
“Meth, memories, and monsters.”
The Amazon Kindle version of Dream Brother is $2.99 (40% off) until midnight, July 4th, 2014. Here are the links:
Dream Brother: A Novel by Brian Marggraf
San Francisco, California. Fifty hills surrounded by the cold waters of the ocean and the bay. City of rebellion and revolution. Smothered by fog daily.
This is the place where Jacob Gavel grew up, the place he ran away from at twenty, and the place he never thought he’d come back to.
The city’s in the middle of its second financial renaissance. A century and a half earlier, gold nuggets. In the year 2000, silicon microchips. The dot-com boom created hundreds of new companies, swollen with capital and potential, profitable only in theory, run by young professionals with a lot of disposable income.
After Jacob, a fledgling sculptor, leaves a failed marriage and flees New York City, he returns home, welcomed by his mentally ill mother, subordinate father, and successful sister. As he settles in, he discovers a family secret. He had a twin brother who died in the womb right next to him. When the shock wears off, his reality becomes clear. He’s alone, broke, and unemployed. In an attempt to rebuild his life, he takes a low-paying job as a mental health case manager, but with all the tech money flooding the city, his childhood friend, Paul, has a better idea.
His fresh start spoils. Events trigger his dreams, and his dreams resurrect childhood memories, propelling him forward on a sleep-deprived, speed-fueled mission to find recognition, love, and revenge.
Indie Author Spotlight – open for submissions
At least once a month, Indie Hero will feature an Indie Author. If interested, please submit the following:
– Author name / book title
– a brief bio
– book purchase links
– social media links: twitter, facebook, etc.
– Responses to the following questions:
- Why did you decide to go indie and self-publish? What was the process like for you?
- How do you market/promote/advertise? What’s been successful and what hasn’t?
- What advice would you give to an author who’s trying to decide between traditional publishing and independent?
- When/how did you realize that you wanted to be a writer?
- Most indie authors have day jobs. How has your current or previous employment informed your writing?
- Do you have any favorite authors and do they influence your writing?
- Anything else readers should know about you?
Please send (just the info listed above) to indieheroblog at gmail dot com
subject: Indie Author Spotlight Submission
Images and additional information will be requested as needed.
Thank you.
Indie Hero 