Published on August 7, 2025
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And, that’s not ALL they’re doing!!!
Published on February 1, 2025
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Considering self-publishing this year? Check out this price comparison featuring 14 of the most well-known Print on Demand publishing service providers!
Published on December 12, 2022
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Considering self-publishing? How many copies would you need to sell to earn back your investment? Compare these 17 popular POD publishers!
Published on September 2, 2022
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Another one bites the dust…
Published on August 19, 2022
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This guy! Sheesh… Some authors NEVER LEARN!!!
Published on February 25, 2022
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Dear Amazon,
It’s been awhile since we last spoke. Remember when we sued you for anti-trust violations? Wasn’t it fun meeting face-to-face in that courtroom? And then…
Published on October 10, 2019
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Sometimes competitors and others test BookLocker.com to see if we really do screen manuscripts that we’re considering for publication. Yes, we absolutely do! We rejected the poetry book written by the dog of an author. That was memorable. There was the…
Published on November 8, 2018
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Our 2018 Top 25 Articles!
Published on September 6, 2018
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Amazon has killed CreateSpace, and renamed it/merged it/replaced it (same thing, no matter which way you wash it!) with “KDP Print.” We all knew that was coming. And, between you and me, with all the complaints about CreateSpace posted online, it’s no surprise they wanted to get rid of the name…
Published on August 30, 2018
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Has your book’s listing on Amazon recently changed? Have you noticed the following? High list price; No Prime availability; Some unknown firm selling your book instead of Amazon?