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Independent Science Fiction Series You Should Be Reading

Martin Perry | Posted 26.06.2012 | Home
Martin Perry

If you're a voracious science fiction reader you'll be well aware that the traditional print publishing houses aren't capable of keeping up with your demand for quality books. Even more so, you'll be aware that when it comes to science fiction series the wait between releases can often be painfully long.

Where to Find Free Kindle Books

Martin Perry | Posted 10.03.2012 | Home
Martin Perry

If there's something that readers universally love about the Kindle, it's the fact you can get so many great books at great prices. What they love more, I assume, is that you can get a lot of good stuff for absolutely nothing too. Nada, zip, etcetera.

Indie Authors Need to Look for New Opportunities

Martin Perry | Posted 04.03.2012 | Home
Martin Perry

The life of an indie author involves several things; ferociously refreshing the sales statistics for their latest releases, obsessively checking social media, maybe a bit of Googling their own name. What it rarely involves, unfortunately, is them looking at how the new ePublishing market can be brought forward, and how that might help them.

Kindle Self-Publishers Soon to Become Amazon Exclusives

Martin Perry | Posted 11.02.2012 | Home
Martin Perry

The volume of self-published authors, otherwise known as independent, that continue to outsell Big Six books on Amazon's Kindle store is pretty surprising. Less so has been Amazon's decision to operate its own imprints, ensnaring some of those successful indies into formal, mutually beneficial publishing deals.

What Does the Release of the Kindle Fire Mean for Indie Authors?

Martin Perry | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK Entertainment
Martin Perry

The one thing that the Amazon Kindle can't do though is turn non-readers into bookworms. The Kindle Fire may well outsell its book-focused older brother, but those newly ensnared by Amazon's web of content will not immediately be interested in what's been uploaded to Kindle Direct Publishing that week.

Amazon Opens Kindle Publishing for Blogs to All

Martin Perry | Posted 16.11.2011 | UK Entertainment
Martin Perry

Regular users of the Amazon Kindle store will know that their reading options aren't just limited to traditional books. For a long time, readers have ...

The Look of Love - An Interview with Bella Andre

Martin Perry | Posted 16.11.2011 | UK Entertainment
Martin Perry

In a recent blog post I covered just how successful romance authors can be, so it seemed like a good idea to interview one of the best. Bella Andre is the prolific author of the bestselling Sullivan Family series, as well as the Bad Boys of Football books, along with many others, and she kindly sat down to give me her view on digital publishing, and what lies ahead for her.

Indie Publishing and Quality Control - Why Only Readers Matter

Martin Perry | Posted 29.10.2011 | UK Entertainment
Martin Perry

It doesn't matter if a book is good in a classical or academic sense. All that now matters is whether or not people want to read it and if they'll pay to do so.

Romances and Thrillers - Studying Kindle Reader's Genre Preferences

Martin Perry | Posted 20.10.2011 | UK Entertainment
Martin Perry

If there's something that the advertising for the Kindle, and indeed any eReader device, promotes, it's that reading digital books is for everyone.

The First Step to Becoming an Indie eBook Millionaire

Martin Perry | Posted 10.10.2011 | UK
Martin Perry

Amazon proudly boasts that, as of May this year, digital books are now out-selling their print equivalent on the world's largest online store.