Tag: publishing
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January Update: Exciting Times Ahead at The Dread Machine!
Hello beloved supporters! As the new year unfolds, we’re thrilled to share some fantastic updates from The Dread Machine. Your support has been the backbone of our journey, and we’re excited to take you along on our latest adventures! Issue 3.4: A Record Success! Issue 3.4 sold more copies on release than any previous issue!…
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We’re making friends!
Like a lot of writers, I’m an introvert, a ghost-person who prefers sneaking around the internet, lurking, hoping nobody notices my existence. Needless to say, megaplatforms (like Facebook and Twitter) are not for me. The idea of tens or hundreds of millions of strangers scrutinizing my posts or comments makes me physically ill. So, I’m…
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Fulfillment: An Inside Look
First we inspect the books, then we clean the books, then we pack the books, then we ship the books. Get access
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Help us break stuff!
Hey everyone! We’re testing our new submission management system for the next few weeks. I’ve got to write documentation for the slushers and figure out how to modify my workflow. If you’d like to help, submit anything (real story, ASCII art, a document written in Wingdings—whatever) here. Let me know if you encounter any…
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Decoding Draft2Digital
Remember last week, when I said, “Every summer, I spend a few weeks researching other printers. Usually, we end up stuck with KDP…“? Well, I’m going to show you what that research process looks like. Today, I evaluated Draft 2 Digital, a print-on-demand and book distribution company we’ve been monitoring for a few years. Up…
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The Indie Mag Struggle: Navigating Financial Challenges and Platform Switches
This week, we’ve had to deal with some rough news. Moksha Price Increase: Remember last week, when I told you Moksha’s annual subscription increased to $750 per year? I can’t justify the expense anymore. (I’d rather pay that money to writers.) So this weekend, we’re switching to a free, self-hosted submission management system simply called…
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Another cost increase. 🙄
Well, I learned this morning that the cost of our annual Moksha subscription went up by $150. I was hoping, as a loyal annual customer, we’d be able to hold our $600/year rate, but nope. For those of you who aren’t aware, Moksha is a submission management platform. Many speculative fiction magazines use Moksha because…
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Propaganda distribution day!
Behold our fat stacks! Today, I’m preparing to ship Issue 3.1. A few people placed orders for multiple copies, and I’ll be working on adding our titles to every library in the Hartford County system this month, so this is a bigger stack of books than we normally order. (Typically, I buy whatever number of…