Deborah Cooke: Author

Author: Deborah Cooke

  • Managing A Big List – 2

    This spreadsheet tracks All. The. Things. I’ve used a variation of it for a while, then attended a workshop by Carrie Ann Ryan that added additional possibilities. (She calls hers a “swipe list”, because she can copy and paste the information she needs from it for marketing campaigns. I use mine more for metadata.) The…

  • First Knights – A New Boxed Set

    My alter ego Claire Delacroix has a new boxed set available this week called First Knights. It includes four series starters, each a full-length medieval romance novel. If purchased individually, these books would cost almost $20 US – although one book, The Beauty Bride, is sometimes a free read – and the bundle is priced…

  • A Mistake

    On Friday, I made a mistake and have the email replies to show for it. I set up my first contemporary romance newsletter for Spanish editions of my books and, instead of sending it to the Spanish newsletter subscribers, I sent it to the English newsletter subscribers. Oops. This is actually a bit too easy…

  • Managing A Big List – 1

    One of the tasks that becomes increasingly more time-consuming as an indie author publishes more books is managing his or her backlist. Today, we’ll talk about tracking the ebook files that reside at the various portals. Books might require corrections or new information – like the addition of new titles to the series – or…

  • July Update

    Since we’re in the lull before the storm – as I move to having new releases finished several months before publication – I thought it would make sense to start giving you a monthly update of my progress. This way, you’ll see that things are happening, even though there aren’t covers etc. to share just…