MF GALAXY

WHY AND HOW TO START A MAILING LIST, CREATE AN AUTHOR CENTRAL PAGE, THE SWEET SPOT FOR EBOOK PRICING, WHEN AND WHY TO OFFER DISCOUNTS, AND WHY BUNDLING WITH OTHER AUTHORS FOR 99 CENTS CAN EARN YOU THOUSANDS Last fall I was one of the guests of honour at Pure Spec, one of E-Town’s most important conventions, and because I was giving a talk, I missed a session that people were raving about. They said that an indie author who’d had major sales was handing out her success secrets for free! Being an indie author myself and also very, very cheap, I immediately cursed myself for having missed such an excellent chance, and then remembered, Dude, you’ve got a podcast! You can ask anybody for anything! So I asked Krista D. Ball to tell me and thus you how she went from a low-selling epic fantasy series to being able to pay her mortgage from book sales. LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Krista Ball is not only a charming and delightful interviewee, she’s also the author of 13 novels and n...

z Wab Kinew is the 2015 host of CBC’s national book competition Canada Reads . He’s an award-winning hip hop artist and journalist, a correspondent for Al-Jazeera America, and perhaps best known to Canadians as the advocate for Joseph Boyden’s The Orenda , the winning book for Canada Reads 2014. SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE ON iTUNES SUPPORT MF GALAXY ON PATREON Last year on CBC’s Canada Reads , Wab Kinew electrified listeners with his opening book defense that name-checked each rival book in the competition while building to his defense of The Orenda . And he did it all in just under his allotted 60 seconds, memorised, and in verse. He began the competition by demolishing his competitors, some of whom, like runner Donovan Bailey , failed to use even half his accorded time, perhaps forgetting that you couldn’t win this contest by finishing early. Despite numerous achievements and awards, merit alone wasn’t enough to get Wab Kinew his new gig as moderator of Canada Reads ...

Superb television series by wunderkind producer Tate Young , featuring a dozen writers (some experienced, some brand new) trying to write a novel in three days in a box bookstore in E-Town, while being tormented by challenges and judges including yours truly, your friendly neighbourhood Minister Faust. Part One of Three Part Two of Three Part Three of Three

Superb television series by wunderkind producer Tate Young , featuring a dozen writers (some experienced, some brand new) trying to write a novel in three days in a box bookstore in E-Town, while being tormented by challenges and judges including yours truly, your friendly neighbourhood Minister Faust. Part One of Three Part Two of Three Part Three of Three

Superb television series by wunderkind producer Tate Young , featuring a dozen writers (some experienced, some brand new) trying to write a novel in three days in a box bookstore in E-Town, while being tormented by challenges and judges including yours truly, your friendly neighbourhood Minister Faust . Part One of Three Part Two of Three Part Three of Three