Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Indie Publishing

  • Just One Day

    Earlier this year, I started to wonder how I had so little time to write even though I felt like I was working all the time. I started to keep a daily log of what I was doing, and made some changes to my routine. I thought you might be interested in seeing a typical…

  • Walmart & Print Books

    Walmart in the US is now selling indie-published books from their website. I’m guessing that authors whose books sell well on the site will have upcoming titles considered for in-store placement, which is pretty neat. It’s wonderful that they’re also welcoming indie-published titles. The frustrating bit is their search engine. First, you have to put…

  • This ‘n That

    It’s been quiet on the blog this week, because I’ve had a deluge of things that need doing – when they’re things other than writing, we might as well call them this ‘n that. Once upon a time, there were never very many of these things landing on my desk, but now that I’m also…

  • Statistics on Romance eBooks

    We’re back to talking about the business of writing and publishing on Thursdays. I thought we might be done for a while, but an interesting post came across my feed on the weekend, and it’s well worth sharing. If you’ve ever taken a course on statistics, or thought about them much, you’ll know that statistics…

  • Evolutions

    Earlier this week, I wrote a blog post about the emergence of indie publishing called Six Years. One of the comments was a question about how digital publishing had changed my own work and writing process. The answer isn’t a short one – the answer is actually this post. First, let’s talk about what changed…