Deborah Cooke: Author

Author: Deborah Cooke

  • The Challenges of “Free”

    Yesterday, we talked about the strategy of making a book free and how/why that strategy can make the book sell better. There are, of course, some issues and considerations about making books free. 1. The idea that all books should be free. This is a notion that has strong currency in some circles, and obviously…

  • Why “Free” Works

    Last Friday, I promised to explain the marketing strategy being used by so many indie authors of making books free for a limited period of time. To many, it seems counter-intuitive that giving books away could help to sell books immediately afterward, but it actually does. There are two reasons why “free” works. The first…

  • Contest!

    Today and tomorrow (well, and yesterday) my medieval romance THE COUNTESS is free on Amazon for Kindle. I’ll talk to you a bit next week about how and why this marketing strategy is so successful, but for today, I have a mission. Maybe you will choose to accept it! I’d like to drive THE COUNTESS…

  • Flummoxed

    Isn’t that a great word? I’ve always wanted to use it, and now would be the time. I have a group of letters in my in-box (both the real one and the virtual one) from aspiring writers, asking for advice. The letters are sitting there unanswered, because I don’t know what to say. Once upon…

  • Dragons in My Future – and Yours!

    We’re talking about linked series this week, keeping the faith with readers, and future plans for existing series of mine. Today we’re talking about my dragons. (Well, actually, they’re dragon shape shifters.) I have two dragon series, Dragonfire, which is paranormal romance, and The Dragon Diaries, which is a spin-off paranormal YA series. 1/ The…