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Jason Kristopher

Why I Hate DRM and Love Louis C.K.

Dec 15, 2011 No Comments ›› Grey Gecko Press

From Wikipedia: Digital rights management (DRM) is a class of access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals with the intent to limit the use of digital content and devices after sale. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You have to love the jackassery inherent in the statement above. The key point of it all is "...after sale." That's right, I go and ...

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Jason Kristopher

Kindle Select, Lending Library and 4 Giveaways!

Dec 8, 2011 2 Comments ›› Grey Gecko Press

Amazon's KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) has announced the new Kindle Select Program today. Effectively, what they're offering is to allow books that publishers select to be a part of the Kindle Owner's Lending Library. This library, open to Amazon Prime customers, allows Kindle owners to check out books for reading on their Kindle devices, and only ...

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Jason Kristopher

August / September Sales

Oct 5, 2011 7 Comments ›› Grey Gecko Press

I know it's been awhile since I've updated with my current sales data; life as an actual-factual author has become more complicated than I expected. I'm promoting the book, working on getting Grey Gecko up and running, working my day job and somehow trying to find time for some semblance of a life and maybe, ...

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My First 90 Days

Aug 25, 2011 4 Comments ›› Grey Gecko Press

First, some statistics for these 1st 90 days (because I know how much some of you love crunchy numbers). As you can see from the numbers, the book is selling very well for a debut book, especially one by a debut independent author. Total sales: 918 Kindle: 707 PubIt: 9 Google eBooks: 2 Print (Amazon): 38 Print (Other): 162 Total royalties: $2,463 Per month: ...

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June/July Sales Data

Aug 3, 2011 1 Comment ›› Grey Gecko Press

Konrath does it. Gaughran does it. Plenty of others do it, too. Post their sales data, that is. So will I. Because I think it's still very, very important to show just how real this self-publishing thing is. And it's important for others who are considering going the traditional route to know that you don't have ...

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