Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Publishing

  • Making Alliances

    I teach a workshop once in a while called the Business of Publishing. (Sometimes it ends up being called the Business of Writing, which isn’t that different.) I taught it again last month at Ottawa RWA. Inevitably, when I prepare for the workshop, I end up updating the market and industry material. I also re-do…

  • FALLEN and KDP Select

    As most of you know, I recently republished FALLEN, the first book in my urban fantasy romance trilogy, The Prometheus Project. I decided to enroll the book in Amazon’s KDP Select promotion.This program requires that the book in question be available exclusively at Amazon for 90 days. It also allows the author/publisher to make the…

  • The Future of Storytelling

    Astro-Jen sent me the link to this online course, which starts tomorrow and sounds interesting. It’s called The Future of Storytelling, and evidently over 45,000 people (including yours truly) have registered. The syllabus raises interesting questions about how storytelling will evolve or change, given current and future technology. How will our expectations as readers change?…

  • Indie Bestseller

    Well, this is pretty exciting news. My Rogues of Ravensmuir Boxed Set is #6 on the Indie Bestseller list as of today. I’ve never made this list before, so am pretty excited. Look! The boxed set remains on sale at Amazon, Apple, B&N and Kobo until tomorrow night, so don’t miss out on the special…

  • Amazon MatchBook

    Amazon has announced a new program, which they’ll be rolling out in the next few weeks (according to their announcement to authors). I think it’s pretty cool, and since it may impact your buying decisions, I thought I’d tell you about it. MatchBook allows authors and publishers to enroll books in a matching program. Here’s…