Through the weeks that I’ve been blogging my Kindle Scout journey, I’ve started to pay attention to other blogs on the topic of Kindle Scout. As it turns out, most of them are either by authors who have never been a part of the program and are speculating...
After two weeks of suspense, Beauty’s Songbook came back from the editors…with more red marks than I’d ever imagined. The editor’s letter was filled with praise (plus a few plot holes she’d picked up on), so I was a bit taken aback when I...
If you saw last week’s post, you’ll know that I’m blogging my journey with Kindle Scout, a new publishing imprint owned by Amazon. I’m two weeks into the publication process with Beauty’s Songbook now, and I have a final cover, a book...
I should start with an introduction, I suppose. My name is R.J. Vickers, and I’m an author with three published books. A few months ago, I heard of a new program called Kindle Scout–dubbed “Reader-powered publishing.” Curious, I decided to...