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Comment by Neil Ostroff on April 6, 2011 at 11:21am

KINDLE SAVE ME FROM THE DARK, LONELY ABYSS THAT IS WRITING

 

So, I’ve decide to publish my first totally electronic book. Now, I know that many of you are old hands at this, but for me this is something new. See, up until recently I was staunchly opposed to e-books and what they have done to the publishing industry. After all, how could I accept this change? I spent most of the last two decades painfully querying agents and publishers and then sending out the requested partials and occasional manuscript. Thousands of hours spent in libraries scanning the LMP (for those of you that don’t know the LMP or Literary Marketplace was the bible for authors trying to find an agent), standing in line at the post office, and buying ink cartridges for my printer. Twenty years of marketing myself and my books just to get a shot at the big time. Fortunately, for me it paid off.

Sort of.

I did get a major NY agent with a good reputation for selling and a track record that gave me butterflies. I got the phone calls that publishers were interested in my books, and I even got close to an actual offer… but then IT happened. The electronic revolution. I’m not saying the internet and all its wonders aren’t great, I’m just saying it killed my writing career. Or did it?

Since leaving my agent I decided to self-publish my own stuff and market it myself. I’ve gone the POD route and been happily satisfied with the results and even had a fair amount of sales. And then KINDLE came along and changed the game yet again. Now authors have the opportunity to publish and sell their own stuff through the KINDLE store. But that’s not the best part. You can set your own price and keep a huge percentage of the royalties. Now, I’m not going to go into the Amanda Hocking rant of selling tens of thousands of copies through KINDLE and nothing less will satisfy me… but… nothing less will satisfy me.

Just kidding.

So, what I’m getting at is that I am going to blog about my experience putting together an e-book for KINDLE from scratch. Maybe this will help someone out there make an informed decision of which publishing route to follow, I don’t know. If you’d like to read about this process of my putting the book together from scratch and then promo and marketing it you can follow at:

My blog: http://neilostroff.blogspot.com

My website at: http://www.Neilostroff.com

Or follow me at Twitter: @Neilostroff

 I’ve decided to publish my tween paranormal AFTER. Stay tuned.

-- Description:

There is continuing existence after death and seventeen-year-old Nick just entered the afterlife. It’s nothing like he’d ever imagined. Things are sorted and structured and incoming souls are placed on various Realmlevels according to how they lived by the Rules of the Source while mortal. There’s only one problem. Someone erased all record of Nick’s human experiences.

 

 

 

Comment by Eliza Earsman on April 5, 2011 at 4:45am

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Comment by Shawn Lamb on April 4, 2011 at 5:45am

Writing topic - POV: The Heart of the Story

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Comment by Mark Sheldon on April 2, 2011 at 3:44pm

Good Day Norcinites!

Lots of Norcinite news to report today!

The mini trailer for "The Room of Death" (Book 3 of "The Noricin Chronicles") is now online on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znbkZ-i1ivs!

Also starting today is the Goodreads giveaway contest, in which I will be giving away 12 signed copies of "The Room of Death." You have between now and May 1st to enter in the contest, at: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/8881-the-room-of-death!

"The Room of Death" will be released on May 7th, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for updates about its release (and the announcement of the title and release date for Book 4)!

Happy Reading,

Mark Sheldon
http://noricin.webs.com/

Comment by Shawn Lamb on April 2, 2011 at 1:19pm

April writing topic - The 1st draft is done, now what? The dreaded "E" word.

http://allonbooks-thekingdomofallon.blogspot.com

 

 

Comment by Author Collective on April 1, 2011 at 11:06am

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Comment by Patrick M Kennedy on April 1, 2011 at 11:02am

My book is easy to classify: non-fiction humorous and informative book for SENIORS. I would say Lifestyle genre.

Pat Kennedy

Comment by Neil Ostroff on April 1, 2011 at 10:27am

HOW DO YOU CLASSIFY YOUR BOOKS GENRE?

By

Neil D. Ostroff

 

One of the hardest things most writers face is figuring out just what kind of a book they have written? For some hard-core genre writers the answer is easy; crime, suspense, romance… but for most of us our novels are a combination of genres, maybe part love story with a vampire police force or a YA adventure with magic and time travel. So what do you do when the inevitable question of genre is asked?

For me, I make up my own. Well, not exactly. I call my books gritty noir thrillers, which isn’t exactly an original category but one I’ve rarely seen used. Why use this unique tag? Well, if you read my books you’ll know why. Here’s a quick synopsis of just three of my books now available everywhere in print and electronically.

 

PULP- A clairvoyant prostitute, a psychotic soldier, a broke newspaper writer, and a dismembered body; what could go wrong?

Amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/PULP-novella-N-D-Ostroff/dp/1462001750/ref=sr...

 

DEGENERATES- Each degenerate overcomes incredible obstacles working in a restaurant named City Café, until a psychotic co-worker changes everything about their lives.

Amazon link: 

http://www.amazon.com/Degenerates-N-D-Ostroff/dp/1440173028/ref%3Ds...

 

FROSTPROOF- Niles Goodman is on a weeklong trip into madness as his best friend kills indiscriminately and then explains the philosophy behind his actions.

Amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/FROSTPROOF-N-D-Ostroff/dp/1450251439/ref%3Dsr...

 

Of course, longer descriptions and sample pages are available at my website: http://www.Neilostroff.com.

 

So when it comes to figuring your books’ place in the writing community I suggest taking the main plots and coming up with something unique. Say, supernatural cyber-punk, or historical paranormal love story. With the new wave of Indie publishing and writers taking control of their own destinies, why not twist the meaning of genre and come up with something unique?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comment by Neil Ostroff on April 1, 2011 at 10:26am

HOW DO YOU CLASSIFY YOUR BOOKS GENRE?

By

Neil D. Ostroff

 

One of the hardest things most writers face is figuring out just what kind of a book they have written? For some hard-core genre writers the answer is easy; crime, suspense, romance… but for most of us our novels are a combination of genres, maybe part love story with a vampire police force or a YA adventure with magic and time travel. So what do you do when the inevitable question of genre is asked?

For me, I make up my own. Well, not exactly. I call my books gritty noir thrillers, which isn’t exactly an original category but one I’ve rarely seen used. Why use this unique tag? Well, if you read my books you’ll know why. Here’s a quick synopsis of just three of my books now available everywhere in print and electronically.

 

PULP- A clairvoyant prostitute, a psychotic soldier, a broke newspaper writer, and a dismembered body; what could go wrong?

Amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/PULP-novella-N-D-Ostroff/dp/1462001750/ref=sr...

 

DEGENERATES- Each degenerate overcomes incredible obstacles working in a restaurant named City Café, until a psychotic co-worker changes everything about their lives.

Amazon link: 

http://www.amazon.com/Degenerates-N-D-Ostroff/dp/1440173028/ref%3Ds...

 

FROSTPROOF- Niles Goodman is on a weeklong trip into madness as his best friend kills indiscriminately and then explains the philosophy behind his actions.

Amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/FROSTPROOF-N-D-Ostroff/dp/1450251439/ref%3Dsr...

 

Of course, longer descriptions and sample pages are available at my website: http://www.Neilostroff.com.

 

So when it comes to figuring your books’ place in the writing community I suggest taking the main plots and coming up with something unique. Say, supernatural cyber-punk, or historical paranormal love story. With the new wave of Indie publishing and writers taking control of their own destinies, why not twist the meaning of genre and come up with something unique?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comment by Shawn Lamb on April 1, 2011 at 6:54am

WOW - didn't know the link was broke. Here's the fixed link.

WINNERS from the home school convention of ALLON Book 3.

http://bit.ly/hfiJoj

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