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Mystery sale at Lulu.com

Hurry over to www.lulu.com if you like to save some money on your paper books!


Self-publishing and pricing

On the blog The Bliss Quest, a blogger who goes by Athena writes a lengthy, thoughtful post looking setting a price for her self-published book. After her last publisher offered her a contract that would only pay her 5% of the book’s cover price (and her editor actually told her “Writers don’t write to make money, they write because they must”),… (more…)


99 cents? 2 dollars?

Dear reader, what is the worth of a story? Yes, you have probably guessed it, I am contemplating to ask a modest amount of money for the Hilda stories that are to come out (and perhaps other ones as well). This is not a new thing for me, I have contemplated this many a time, and each time I dismissed… (more…)


Free vs. paid

Why am I giving my books away? Because yes, everything I have published so far is available for free. Many people have asked me why I don’t charge money for my writing. “After all, it is your hard work that went into it, that should be rewarded.” Well, dear readers and people who seem to be worried about my well-being,… (more…)


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