Monthly Archives: January 2010

Amazon Ups the Kindle Ante

Amazon announced today that, as of June 30th, 2010, publishers and authors will have the option of receiving a 70% royalty on each Kindle sale. Certain conditions have to be met. Also, the option will only be available for in-copyright … Continue reading

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Publish to Kindle, Canada!

Amazon has finally opened up Kindle publishing to everyone. See the press release. Due to this new opportunity, I’ve opted out of Smashwords’ distribution to Amazon, which means I’ll make less money on each Kindle sale. Yes, if you publish … Continue reading

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Rymellan 1: Disobedience Means Death

Rymellan 1: Disobedience Means Death has made its way to Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You’ll actually get a slightly better deal at B&N right now. The book’s information is going out in bits and bobs, so B&N has the … Continue reading

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Web Hosting Woes

I’ve changed web hosts and have spent most of today moving my sites from the old host to the new. Since you’re seeing this post, you’re at the new host—welcome! Early Sunday morning, stats went down for all my sites. For … Continue reading

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Toodles 2009, Hello 2010!

Happy New Year! For me, 2009 was a pretty good year. My partner and I married, something we’d talked about ever since same-sex marriage was legalized in Canada in 2005. I created a publishing company and am on the verge … Continue reading

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