Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Publishing

  • Distinctive Cover Art for Indie-Pubbed Titles

    I thought we’d talk a bit more today on Wild West Thursday this week about cover art. I’m fascinated with cover art myself, so the control that authors have over their own cover art in the indie-publishing world is very exciting to me. Let’s talk about traditional publishers and cover art first, just to get…

  • Following the Breadcrumbs

    One of the things about digital distribution that surprised me – and sometimes still does – is how content gets from here to there. It’s not uncommon to hear that someone bought a book at Portal X when I didn’t even realize I had distribution to Portal X. Similarly, there can be a line item…

  • Going Direct

    This started out as a post about one little wrinkle with distributing to Apple, and has developed into an epic saga about digital distribution. I hope some of you find this facet of our brave new world of publishing as interesting as I do. When authors publish and distribute their own digital editions, they need…

  • The Coxwells and the Way Forward

    (You get two Wild West Thursday posts this week, because I’m thinking out loud – or at least, thinking with my fingers on the keyboard. Here we go.) One of the really nifty things about indie publishing is that we authors can give stories a second chance. In traditional publishing, the vast majority of books…

  • Changing Relationships

    As the world of publishing changes and mutates, we all need to reconsider our industry relationships. This isn’t a bad thing by any means – it’s simply a sign that more things are possible. One of the big changes that writers constantly remark upon, for example, is how freely indie-published authors exchange and share information.…