Twitterspam, and How Not to Do It

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You know how sometimes you click the follow button on somebody’s Twitter profile, and before you know it, you’ve got an e-mail saying they’ve sent you a direct message on Twitter?

You know where the rest of this is going, right? If you click the link in the e-mail, nine times out of ten, the direct message will be a buy-my-book request. Here you are, not knowing this person from Adam and/or Eve (except maybe you ran into them in a like-fest), and already they’re pestering you to buy their book. You have no idea whether their book is: 1) in a genre you like; 2) about a topic you’re interested in; 3) readable. And yet the first thing this other author says to you is, “Hi! Thanks for the follow! Be sure to buy my book!” Continue reading →

Ed Drury Takes a Victory Lap

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Ed Drury wins a closely-contested race as the readers’ choice in this week’s Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction Challenge.

The winning entry is rewarded with a special feature here today and a place in our collection of winners which will be published as an e-book at year end.

Without further ado, here’s the winning entry:

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NetworkedBlogs.com – Tutorial

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NetworkedBlogs.com is a website that allows people to view numerous blogs all from one main dashboard panel. If you’re a regular blog reader, it is a pretty convenient way to keep track of the content you follow. In order to follow a particular blog, the blog owner first has to sign up with the website and add a widget to his blog. Continue reading →

Free eBook Zone Ahead

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Welcome to Indies Unlimited. Today is Freebie Friday. Please park in the Free eBook Zone.

Authors – post your free eBooks here. Readers & reviewers – check them out!

Each Friday, we put up a post like this one, calling for anyone who has a book to give away for FREE to provide ONLY the following in the comment section below:

1.  Book title
2.  Author name
3.  A one sentence blurb (not a Faulkner sentence, either. Be reasonable.)
4.  A link to download the book (to a secure retail site – Amazon, Smashwords, B&N, Kobo, Apple/iStore, & Sony)
 5. The dates the book will be free 

So let’s give it a try, shall we? Please make sure to follow the RULES above. Now, go ahead and tell the world about your free eBook. PLEASE do not post links to erotica titles. IU is a safe-for-work site.

A.C. Flory Joins Indies Unlimited Staff!

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We are pleased to announce that author A.C. (Andrea) Flory will be joining the staff of Indies Unlimited as a contributor.

A.C.Flory is an Australian writer who detoured in teaching and technical writing before finding her niche in science fiction. Her other passions include biology and genetics, foreign languages, opera, video games, four-legged animals and food. Her written work includes user manuals for off the shelf software and a debut science fiction novel titled Vokhtah. Learn more about author A.C. Flory at her blog, Meeka’s Mind, or her Amazon author page.

Aside from being an author, beta-reader, and blogger, Andrea is one of the most supportive and positive people we know. Please join us in extending a warm Indies Unlimited welcome to A.C.

Good English Word Polish

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[Indies Unlimited is brought to you in part by the fine people at Good English, a division of Imelda's Offshore Holdings and Shoe Equity Fund.]

Authors, is your manuscript dull and lackluster? Are your characters flat and lifeless? Are you plagued by embarrassing typos and malapropisms?

Professional editing can be costly and time-consuming. What’s an author to do?

Thank goodness for Good English Word Polish! Just spray some on your manuscript and watch your prose glisten.

Good English removes unwanted adverbs, strips away verb-tense conflict, aligns backstory, corrects unseemly timeline errors, and eliminates repetitive phrases.

Best of all, Good English Word Polish is non-toxic and typo-allergenic. Try some today! You’ll be glad you did.

Who Are You?

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Imagine for a moment that you have been invited to a costume party especially for authors.

You must dress in a costume that reflects the kind of writing you do. If you write in more than one genre, your costume must incorporate some element from each genre.

The game is that readers who attend will try to divine who you are from looking at your costume.

The more genres in which you write, the more elaborate your costume becomes; which may mean it will be harder for readers to guess your identity. That’s not how you win in this game, though. You win by being recognizable. Continue reading →

Books for a Buck

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I can see I’m going to have to have a word with the art department.

Anyway, It’s Thrifty Thursday. No need to go hunting all over the internet for savings. You can rack up some great deals. You won’t have to come up with a lot of doe. <end pun spree>

If you have a book priced at 99¢ or less, follow the instructions below and post it. If you see one you like, click over and buy it. How easy is that? Readers & reviewers – check these babies out!

Each Thursday, we will put up a post like this one, calling for anyone who has a book priced at 99¢ (or less – such a bargain!) to provide ONLY the following in the comment section below:

1. Book title

2. Author name

3. A one sentence blurb (not a Faulkner sentence, either. Be reasonable.)

4.  A link to download the book (only secure retail sites – Amazon, Smashwords, B&N, Kobo, Apple/iStore, & Sony)

Then let your friends and fans know your book is available here today. Use the share buttons below, or copy the link in the address bar above and share the news on your favorite social media platforms. The more, the merrier, right?

So let’s give it a try, shall we? Please make sure to follow the RULES above. Now, go ahead and tell the world about your cheap read. PLEASE do not post links to erotica titles. IU is a safe-for-work site.

(If you’re looking for FREE eBooks, check each Friday at 5 AM Pacific time for those.)