Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Publishing

  • The End of Free?

    We’ve talked about authors making books free in past posts here on Wild West Thursday, and about the way that free can give visibility to an author. (Here’s one of my earliest posts about free, and some reflections on implications, then a more recent one about free’s effectiveness.) The benefit of free is particularly seen…

  • Live at Overdrive

    My updated files are now available at Overdrive’s Content Reserve. This is a portal for libraries to acquire digital books, but they also feed content to a number of other sites—including Waterstones in the UK, Books-A-Million in the US, Bookstrand in the UK and others. I can’t give you a link to check it out,…

  • Changing Times

    Many years ago, when I was comparatively new to the publishing game, I clipped a list out of a magazine. It’s been on my bulletin board ever since, because it’s one of those things that’s funny but, um, not. It goes like this: The Worst Paying Jobs with the Most Stress: 1. Fisherman 2. Book…

  • Digital Book Files

    Well, the Herculean task is complete. All of my book files have been professionally formatted and uploaded again to all of the vendor sites. Twenty-four titles and seven sites! Yikes – I’m glad it’s done! The updated editions are live at most sites, with two big exceptions: 1. Overdrive is still processing the new files…

  • Updating Files

    I’m getting to the end of what’s proven to be a long process. I’ve had all of my book files professionally formatted, and ended up using two formatters to get through them all more quickly. As I write this, it’s Tuesday and we’re in the midst of the time travels and the second Bride Quest.…