The other problem is that nowhere on the B&N page does it state that the book is DRM free, which is a plus for those of us who have ereaders that are not Kindles or Nooks.

All the books with a paperback cover price of $7.99 cost $9.65 for Kindle if you live in Germany, for instance.

Thank you! Very glad you enjoyed Goblin Quest.

Since all of my books are available for Kindle, and the Kindle editions are all cheaper than the paperbacks, I’m not sure what you’re saying here…

Best,
Jim

The self-published writers – of whom I’m aware – currently making the majority of their income from ebooks put an awful amount of time into self-promotion. While the numbers may look like magic, and it sounds too good to be true, both of these things are because a lot of the fanfare tends to overlook the self-marketing aspect.

This is the double-edged sword. A lot of writers want to write. They don’t want to meet-and-greet, or spend hours trying to market their own materials, or sink time into message boards. That’s what the marketing departments at major publishers are for.

But if you’re going to circumvent the Gatekeepers, it takes a lot of effort to make up for those losses. These writers are all over the Amazon Kindle boards, and GoodReads, and Twitter, and many other things that I’m sure I’m not even aware of.

I think it’s a fascinating process, I think there will come a time (if it hasn’t already) where the ability to earn real money from self-publishing is a gamechanger, both for writers and the industry – but like you said, it’s not a fast fix and it will never happen overnight.

Just my two cents.

Then I realized it was mainstream. I don’t read much mainstream. There’ll be no aquatic goblins.

I guess what I’m getting at is, your name attracts a certain audience. A better experiment would be to put one of your fantasy books out there, and see how well *that* would sell.