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What’s This Amazon Not Paying Authors Thing All About Then?

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Andrew Hickey

I’ve seen a number of people in the last few days picking up on a controversy that swept through the self-publishing world last week, and almost uniformly people have picked up on the wrong end of the stick. People are … Continue reading →

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Why You Will Not Find My Books In Kindle Unlimited

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Andrew Hickey

(OK, so I lied about there being no post. I have to do something to take my mind off rubbishness.) Amazon have announced a new feature, Kindle Unlimited. This feature allows Kindle owners (so far only in the US) to … Continue reading →

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How To Get Your Books On Sale

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Andrew Hickey

I’ve been talking with a few people recently about self-publishing, and some of them are vaguely confused about what you need to do in order to get a book out if you’ve written it and want to publish yourself, so … Continue reading →

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Interesting…

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Andrew Hickey

Amazon (US) have now made the Kindle available as a web app. https://read.amazon.com/ will let you read your Kindle books online (or offline if you install an extension). So far it only works for Safari or Chrome, and only for … Continue reading →

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Some Tips For Self-Publishers

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Andrew Hickey

Having self-published four ‘real’ books, plus a small ebook of short stories, I’ve figured out quite a few things that I think would be very helpful to any aspiring writers, so thought I’d share them with you all. Use LyX … Continue reading →

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