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First Review for STARVED Posted on Amazon!

In the first two weeks after STARVED was published, I checked Amazon (and Barnes and Noble) every day to see if anyone had posted a review of the book.  One could say I was a bit preoccupied with...

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Starved as Required Reading

In the last few weeks, I’ve discovered that STARVED has been adopted as a required book for some college classes.  It might even be ordered by some high schools in small quantities.  All of that is...

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My First “Guest Author” Class Visit

Recently, I received an invitation from a professor of a Young Adult Literature class at a local university to come in and discuss my book with her students.  She and her teenaged son had read and...

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Publishing the Book is Half the Battle

I’ve read various articles and blog posts about publishing that say a variation on the following: Publishing a book is one thing; marketing and selling it are different things entirely. Granted, my...

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“Happy 2013” Sale for STARVED

To welcome the fast-approaching new year, my publisher, Rundy Hill Press, has announced a sale for my book STARVED from now through January 5. The trade paperback price is now $9.99 (a $5 savings) and...

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Of Paper and Binary: A Tale of Two Book Versions and How They Are Selling

When STARVED was published, Rundy Hill Press and I thought the digital/ebook versions would sell better than the paperback version.  The commonplace aspect of tablets like the iPad and Kindle Fire; of...

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Crunching the Numbers: Offering STARVED for Free

The first bout of offering STARVED for free has concluded. As I look at the numbers, I see quite a healthy increase in units “sold” — and I use quotation marks because I didn’t earn any money from...

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