Website Update Coming

I'm in the process of planning out a revision to my three primary websites, starting first with CoachwhipBooks. While I like the cover images, I've got too many now (and more coming) for it to work effectively. Also, I need to apply some practical SEO. My current plan is to implement the "pyramid" structure: home page, category pages, title pages. I'm reviewing some very interesting SEO material right now, so it may take me a little while to go over it, but I'm hoping to have an updated site by mid-October.

Another Project

I'm putting together a trio of books collecting the fantasy fiction (including the fairy tales) of George MacDonald.

More SITB

Just uploaded 10 more titles to Amazon's Search Inside the Book...

Omnibus vs Anthology

Yeah, have a few more anthologies on the way, but also some omnibuses... similar to Pym, will collect similar-themed fiction by different authors (usually). I just finished the ocr correction for The Devil-Tree of El Dorado, and am almost done with Vampires of the Andes, so will publish them together, I think. With separate books, I'd have to ask $13.95 minimum for the fiction, while I can put two novels together for $19.95 and save the reader some money (and still make a profit). The omnibus also allows me to market more effectively on Amazon, as the book won't be automatically shuttled as an alternative paperback for a current title by another publisher.

Compare When You Shop

I suspect most people know this, but make sure you check discounts at both Amazon and B&N when planning to buy a title. They discount books differently, at least when a title first comes out. I put a 40% wholesale discount on one recent text, and B&N now discounts it 20%; Amazon has no discount, and they probably won't put one on until a few initial copies have sold there. (Looks like copies sold for that title have all been through B&N...) On the other hand, once a title has sold a number of copies on Amazon, you might get better discounts there. (And, if the Mussels book is any indication, the discounting can change drastically back and forth...)

Currently working on: Just finished the layout for Al Spoo's Nature Notes, Volume 1. Now for volume 2...