Category: Indie publishing

Wool places author Hugh Howey among Science Fiction’s greatest authors!

I just finished reading the Wool Omnibus, and I’m floating. WOOL is everything a great Science Fiction should be – amazing, visceral, delightful story filled with powerful characters caught up in an epic search for meaning! The birth of a great science fiction author is a very special event, and WOOL puts its author up [...]

Wednesday December 26th, 2012 in Book Reviews, Indie publishing, Novels, Writing craft | No Comments »

Seeing Stars – free December 25 to 27 for Amazon Kindle

Take a man, a woman, and a starlit night. Mix thoroughly, and add love. Seeing Stars - free on the Amazon’s Kindle store, December 25, 26, and 27. Download your free copy and take a journey with mountaintop astronomer Claire Welland, who is anything but starry-eyed, and the man she remembers as the bad boy from [...]

Saturday December 22nd, 2012 in Free books, Indie publishing, Novels, Romances, Vanessa Grant Novels | No Comments »

If You Loved Me – Kindle version free Dec 8 and 9

I’ve always been fascinated by the power of certain settings to wield control over so much of our lives. When the universal themes of survival, love, and the dreams that drive human men and women interact with extreme environments, lives can be transformed in unexpected ways. In IF YOU LOVED ME, I plunged a busy [...]

Friday December 7th, 2012 in Characters, Free books, Indie publishing, Romances, Vanessa Grant Novels | No Comments »

Think About Love is free Dec 7-9 on Amazon!

To celebrate my birthday, I’m offering the Kindle edition of THINK ABOUT LOVE free this weekend! One of the things I love about being a writer is the joy of sharing my belief in love with my readers. I treasure the joy of sharing life and love with the man I love, our five adult [...]

Friday December 7th, 2012 in Characters, Free books, Indie publishing, Novels, Romances, The Writing Life, Vanessa Grant Novels, Writing craft | 1 Comment »

Thinking About Love

Today is a special day for me. Think About Love is now available as a Kindle book on Amazon! This one is special for a couple of reasons. Think About Love was the first of my books to be reviewed by Publisher’s Weekly. My editor at Kensington sent me the review before I saw a copy [...]

Wednesday July 25th, 2012 in Book Reviews, Indie publishing, Novels, Romances, Vanessa Grant Novels | No Comments »

Seeing Stars – free on Amazon July 21 and 22

I’m excited to announce that my book, Seeing Stars is now available as an ebook!  As a thank you to my readers, I’ve arranged for Seeing Stars to be offered free on Amazon July 21 and 22 (this Saturday and Sunday). Click on the “Buy” link Saturday or Sunday, the price is FREE! Download your [...]

Friday July 20th, 2012 in Characters, DRM and Rights Issues, Free books, Indie publishing, Novels, Romances, Vanessa Grant Novels, Writing craft | 4 Comments »

Author-friendly in spades – Kobo’s new WritingLife Rocks

The other day I received notice from KoboBooks that my new Writing Life account was ready.  I’d been excited by the recent news that Kobo would be rolling out a new, writer-friendly interface for authors wishing to publish eBook editions of their books, and eager to take a look. I went right over to find [...]

Thursday July 19th, 2012 in DRM and Rights Issues, Indie publishing, Novels, Romances, The Writing Life, Vanessa Grant Novels | No Comments »

New on All Romance eBooks

I’ve been busy this week getting some of my titles up on All Romance Ebooks, and I’ll be putting more up over the next few weeks. Visit All Romance eBooks and search for Vanessa Grant. For great romances, and people who own – or have owned – more than one format of ereader, All Romance [...]

Wednesday July 18th, 2012 in Book Samples, DRM and Rights Issues, Indie publishing, Novels, Romances | No Comments »

Indie Authors Post Open Letter to Microsoft about Barnes and Noble

I wasn’t the only indie author to welcome the recent news that Microsoft had come to Barnes and Noble’s rescue. If you missed the news, see the Wall Street Journal article Microsoft Hooks Onto Nook: Software Maker’s $300 Million Deal Gives It a 17.6% Stake in Barnes & Noble Subsidiary I started rereleasing my previously published books [...]

Saturday May 12th, 2012 in Indie publishing, Novels, The Writing Life, Vanessa Grant Novels | No Comments »

Create an eBook with an embedded cover

Many published authors are choosing to independently publish their works as eBooks these days. Many authors have regained their rights from their print publishers and are electronically publishing their previously print-published works, and a number are also choosing to indie publish their new works, leaving their traditional publishers. Recently I was asked to explain how [...]

Monday March 26th, 2012 in General, Indie publishing | 3 Comments »
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