Category Archives: Independent Publishing

The Soapbox – Take Your Job %$^&*#@ Seriously

Take Your Job %$^&*#@ Seriously Today’s topic requires some background reading. First, you should probably check out Lousy Book Covers. Hold those thoughts! Now read/skim Nathan Shumate’s blog post [..]

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Self-Publishing… for Kids?

I came across this article in the NYT last night: Young Writers Dazzle Publisher (Mom and Dad) First of all, let me say that Christopher Paolini notwithstanding, there [..]

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PayPal Reverses Course, Possibly, Somewhat — Stay Vigilant

The Good News Banned Writers just posted that PayPal has reversed its earlier decision to prohibit all content with controversial themes in it. This is extremely good news. [..]

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Shilling for Traffic – “Rebuttals” Against Speaking Out Against Censorship Ring Hollow

Warning — the inevitable mix of politics into this discussion will occur. For two weeks or so, writers, many of them not even involved in erotic writing, have [..]

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Erotica Book Banning Roundup – Part 2, and Smashwords Bows Under Pressure

NEWEST UPDATES (currently 4:45 p.m. March 13th) ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE. For previous info on the erotica book banning imbroglio of this past week, please see my previous [..]

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