I am Thunder hear me roar! For a few shining moments, lightning flashed, thunder rolled, and Twitterverse was awash in shining gold, alerting readers and writers across the globe to “CB’s Monster Weekend!” The highly-anticipated ebook sale-give away provides reading gems for all readers. Presented by “Support for Indie Authors,” SIAFBB began in summer 2015 as the brainchild of member Charles Hash. Since then, avid readers have downloaded thousands of ebooks. SIA members make it all possible and everyone works together. For this event author & designer CB Archer rallied the troops and brought on the power of Thunderclap. The results—astonishing!

#SIABB now thru Oct 31, 2016

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Eight months ago, I started the process of canceling my traditional publishing contracts and re-releasing all my books as an indie author. My reasons for the switch were detailed in two posts Goodbye Traditional, Hello Indie(Part I) and (Part II).

The process went more smoothly than I could have imagined, and I wanted to share the results:

1. I left myself 8 months to convert 6 books. Two months per book would have been easier as I was reproofing as part of the process. The advice: Create a schedule and then give yourself extra time.

2. New covers had an instantaneous sales response. Covers do matter whether traditional or indie publishing.

3. My old reviews ALL carried over to the new books. All I had to do was ask Amazon to combine the old (publisher) and new (indie) editions leaving only the new editions visible. The same phone…