As parents we’ve all done things from time to time that, if we’d taken a minute to think about it, we probably wouldn’t have done. Virtually every parent has, at some point, threatened to make their misbehaving kid walk home from church, the mall, a restaurant. Usually the threat is enough to get the bad behavior to stop. Buy the book But suppose you actually DID drive off, to leave your kid to walk...
A sexy blonde with a missing, and maybe dead, husband wants Reed Ferguson’s help in finding him. Reed is a private eye. Or will be as soon as he gets his first client, and this dame looks like she could be just the ticket. Oh, that’s not me talking, that’s Reed, who loves Raymond Chandler books and Humphrey Bogart movies. And wants badly to be just like those old noir detective heroes. Buy the...
Welcome! You’ve discovered the newest place to discover indie authors. We launched a few days ago, with five outstanding indie authors, and we have many more lined up to introduce to you in coming days. We’re not like most of the websites you’ve probably seen that claim to spotlight new indie authors. Most of those are little more than vanity websites for vanity authors. The Bookcast is for readers. We know you’re hungry for...
We’re ready – The Bookcast debuts on Tuesday, October 11. Get ready to meet some very talented writers. And get ready to shed whatever misconceptions you have been harboring about self-published books. The indie authors you’ll discover here at The Bookcast will open up all kinds of new possibilities for your pleasure reading. Our initial group of indie authors is an impressive club, as you’ll find out. Help us spread the word. Tell your...
The launch of The Bookcast offers advertisers who are trying to reach the burgeoning indie author community with a high-profile new venue. If you are a literary agent, a marketing professional, or a freelance editor, or you represent a self-publishing company, an audio book producer, or any other kind of commercial enterprise that is trying to reach indie authors, we invite you to contact The Bookcast for information on how we can help you...
Have you read an indie author recently? There is no question that one of the tectonic changes taking place in American book publishing is the purposeful move by many authors away from traditional publishing houses to the “indie” or self-published route. As Alina Tugend writes in the New York Times, “self-publishing is obviously taking off…” Tugend admits to being quite a snob when it comes to her literary taste, but then having a revelation:...
