Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Publishing

  • My Online Store is Open!

    I’ve launched my online store this week! Right now, you’ll find ebooks for both Deborah Cooke and Claire Delacroix at Deborah Cooke’s Books, including all of my series digital bundles. For the moment, the store is configured for five territories: US, UK, CA, AU and NZ. Any ebooks you buy in the store will be…

  • About Retailer Links

    I had a question this weekend about retailer links, so thought I’d write up a blog post about them, in case you have questions, too. I’m talking about the links in the buttons that (should) take you to the product landing page for a specific book at a specific retailer. Here are the ones for…

  • A Month in the Garden

    This is a big year for me in terms of milestones. I had a big birthday, though we won’t specify which one. 🙂 I also celebrated thirty years since selling my first book to a publisher and ten years since going indie and becoming my own publisher. I usually rearrange my office and sort my…

  • 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…

  • 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…