Monthly Archives: July 2010

Getting more excited about the eBook opportunity

One of the things that can really energize a writer to write is finding a market. With the Kindle self-publishing route and the opportunity there, I believe I’ve found one such market, sans apidexin. But the nice motivational part beyond just finding this opportunity is in discovering writers who are doing high-quality work in this …

July 27, 2010 – 12:22 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

Barnes and Noble: a new eBook market?

Barnes and Noble recently launched the Nook device and are also launching, this summer, a new competitor to Amazon.com’s Digital Text Platform, called PubIt. I’m hoping the two outlets won’t differ too much from each other, as figuring out the finer points of all this takes a bit of time; but the potential for adding …

July 16, 2010 – 1:36 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Digital self-publishing: my fiction?

Of course, I have considered the digital self-publishing option for my fiction as well. The real question there is whether it would be a solid option, or whether I’d be robbing myself of a print-publishing contract. And to be honest, I think it could work even better for my fiction than for my religious writing. …

July 12, 2010 – 2:39 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in late night writing | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Easy start-up

If I do go digital publishing with my religious writings, I’d have a fairly easy start-up. I have written enough sermons and commentaries over the past 18 months or so that I could think of six or seven titles I could develop and release over the next year, just by starting with material I’ve already …

July 12, 2010 – 2:35 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

More digital thoughts

Generally, I regard self-publishing to be as foolish as giving prenatal vitamins to five-year-olds. But that’s when it’s print self-publishing and it means money out of the author’s pocket that might never be replaced. The difference with Amazon’s Digital Text Platform for Kindle and Barnes and Noble’s forthcoming PubIt for Nook is that there is …

July 12, 2010 – 2:30 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Digital self-publishing thoughts

I’ve been thinking a lot about digital self-publishing lately. I’ve been impressed by the success some folks are having with Amazon’s Kindle device, and the model they have for self-publishing. Unlike print self-publishing, there’s no cash-up-front stuff to deal with; you can just write, edit, prepare and publish, and then enjoy a royalty payment far …

July 12, 2010 – 2:24 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Nearly ready to write

Well, I’m nearly ready to begin writing my new mystery series that I created after I got too discouraged to continue on with my Pizza Delivery Mystery series. I’ve decided to go with a new setting, rather than trying to force the very differently-themed new series into my Hope, Wisconsin fictional setting. All I’ll say …

July 12, 2010 – 2:17 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in creativity | Tagged , , | Comments (0)