Attorney and Creator of The Passive Voice blog

Interview starts at 17:13

In my opinion, any midlist author that sticks with a traditional publisher is crazy, because I personally know a number of formerly midlist traditionally publishing authors who are making a very, very nice living off of self-publishing now. We’re talking a 10-x increase in their royalty payments over what they had with traditional publishers.

News

Fire TV

Amazon Fire TV Voice Search FAQ

“Estimating Kindle E-Book Sales for Amazonâ€Â by Trefis at nasdaq.com – April 7, 2013

“Inside Amazon’s Idea Machine: How Bezos Decodes Customersâ€Â Â by George Anders in Forbes – April 4, 2014

Tech Tip

Amazon Cloud Collections

Interview with David Vandagriff

The Passive Voice blog: A Lawyer’s Thoughts on Authors, Self-Publishing and Traditional Publishing

Interview (video) of David Vandagriff by Joel Friedlander published on August 1, 2013

Embracing Abundance, the web site of G.G. Vandergriff

The Baron and the Bluestocking (Three Original Ladies and their Gentlemen) by G.G. Vandagriff – $2.99 on Kindle

Content

The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth: Entrepreneurship for Weirdos, Misfits, and World Dominators by Chris Brogan – $11.99 on Kindle

Joyland by Stephen King – $6.59 on Kindle

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