by Rob Blackwell | Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I don’t normally go in for celebrity endorsements, but I’m thrilled to announce that Mark Metcalf, the actor who played “The Master” in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has read and enjoyed “A Soul to Steal.”He graciously provided me with the following quote, which refers...
by Rob Blackwell | Feb 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
When I first published “A Soul to Steal” back on Aug. 29, it’s an understatement to say I was flying blind.The amount of research I had done was negligible, I didn’t have a blog, I barely had a Twitter presence and my knowledge of book blogs was practically...
by Rob Blackwell | Feb 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
I was fortunate enough to have Paranormal Reads feature “A Soul to Steal” for an entire day on Feb. 1. If you don’t know the site, they are very supportive of indie books and are well worth checking out.One of the administrators, Tif...
by Rob Blackwell | Jan 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
Let’s face it: it’s hard to promote your own book. When I decided to publish “A Soul to Steal,” I knew I’d have to do some marketing, but I really believed that given the right set of circumstances, my book would be discovered on it’s own.But that isn’t how it works....
by Rob Blackwell | Jan 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
The decision to give away my book was not an easy one. My fears were divided into two contradictory concerns: 1) that no one would download it and 2) that so many people would download it, there would be no one left to buy it when the promotion was over. I needn’t...
by Rob Blackwell | Jan 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Since its introduction last month, Amazon’s KDP Select program has caused a fair bit of controversy. On its face, it sounded good: a program that would let Amazon Prime members borrow your book for free, in exchange for a cut of a $500,000 fund. Select members also...
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