Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Publishing

  • The Backlist Challenge

    As most of you know, many authors not only have regained rights to their backlist titles (I wrote a post on that a while ago called Silver Linings) and are re-releasing digital editions of those works. So far, I’ve done the easy part and re-released my two novellas from the MAMMOTH anthologies – “Coven of…

  • A Little Something on the Side

    This week I did an exercise from The Artist’s Way and I’ll tell you about that in a minute. First a bit of backstory, in case you aren’t that familiar with the mechanics of the publishing biz. In my zone of the publishing biz – writing fiction – authors are freelance workers who contract with…

  • Brave New World

    Welcome to my first adventure into author-driven digital publishing. As so many authors have done – and many more undoubtedly will do – I’ve decided to self-publish some backlist works of mine for which I have the rights. This first one is only available on Amazon for Kindle, although I’d be happy to add other…

  • Distribution & Consumer Power

    Just a quick comment here, as I’m hearing the same thing from a number of you, both publically and privately. It seems that many of you are having trouble finding a copy of WHISPER KISS in your local bricks-and-mortar bookstore. Some of you are even visiting multiple bookstores, without any luck. I really admire your…

  • Links for “Harmonia’s Kiss” Digital Novella

    ”Harmonia’s Kiss” is a powerful tale of duty and passion. Enchanted for thousands of years, the shapeshifters known as the Dragon’s Teeth Warriors have awakened to find the world a vastly different place. Their leader, concerned for their morale, dares to take them on a mission to confront the fullness of everything they’ve lost. Little…