tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41156287434734517892024-03-13T11:51:10.112-07:00Ellen Fisher's JournalEllen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.comBlogger1667125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-41165332721893234622013-05-28T07:24:00.004-07:002013-05-28T07:24:58.705-07:00Jody Wallace's TANGIBLEAlso, my friend Jody Wallace has a new book out, <i>Tangible</i>. It's got a great cover, and it sounds really cool... so buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tangible-Dreamwalker-ebook/dp/B00B60C3NA/">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-49393593378567650402013-05-28T05:09:00.000-07:002013-05-28T07:12:12.592-07:00The Light in the Darkness has a new coverFound this on Amazon today:<br />
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It's available for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Light-Darkness-ebook/dp/B00BE2572Y/">preorder </a>now, and will be released on October 14.Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-51032135743830199392013-04-26T03:53:00.004-07:002013-04-26T03:53:37.651-07:00From 100,000 to top 100<i>Isn't It Romantic?</i> has gone all the way from around #100,000 in the Amazon store to #57, all because of <a href="http://www.bookbub.com/deals/">Bookbub</a> and you, my lovely readers. Thanks very much!Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-65718359338772299372013-04-25T11:13:00.001-07:002013-04-25T11:13:47.474-07:00Now THAT is a ranking jump<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.bookbub.com/deals/category/romance/">Bookbub </a>was kind enough to feature my book <i>Isn't It Romantic?</i> today. It's jumped from #573,000 to #156 in the Nook store-- a rather dramatic improvement, I'd say:-). Thanks to all for buying it, and don't forget to check out my other books for sale <a href="http://www.daylilypublishing.com/2013/04/sale.html">here</a>!Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-34693692573641104812013-04-25T04:09:00.001-07:002013-04-25T04:09:36.813-07:00Sale!I've been neglectful of this journal for a while, but I have a couple of bits of news:<br />
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-<i>The Light in the Darkness</i> is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Light-Darkness-ebook/dp/B00BE2572Y/">available for preorder on Amazon</a>. No new cover yet, but Bantam is working on rewriting the blurb, so I imagine they're working on a cover too.<br />
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-<a href="http://www.daylilypublishing.com/">Daylily Publishing</a> is having a sale. Twenty books are 33-50% off, including a lot of Ellen Fisher books. You can find the list of books on sale <a href="http://www.daylilypublishing.com/2013/04/sale.html">here</a>.Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-43082160381069422092013-02-21T05:00:00.003-08:002013-02-21T05:00:46.340-08:00The replicator has been inventedAs a <i>Star Trek</i> fan, I was intrigued to run across this article about a real replicator, aka a <a href="http://news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/3d-printed-space-food-gourmet-astronaut-130220.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1">3D food printer</a>. Eventually we might be getting a good deal of our food this way. Cool, huh?Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-134351088661215312013-02-15T18:34:00.001-08:002013-02-15T18:34:07.048-08:00Light in the Darkness- release date in OctoberBantam tells me that <i>The Light in the Darkness </i>will actually be re-released on 10-14-13-- almost exactly fifteen years after it was first released. It will have a new cover and will be released as a Loveswept ebook. I'm looking forward to seeing that cover!Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-79604041116219877382013-02-13T15:55:00.003-08:002013-02-13T15:55:18.281-08:00Not yet!I contacted the editor of the Loveswept line regarding <i>The Light in the Darkness,</i> and she was kind enough to look into the matter for me. The March 6 date is apparently a "placeholder" and will change, so don't preorder it yet:-). The book will be released as a Loveswept, with a nice new cover. I do not yet have the actual release date, but hopefully will know it before too long.Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-5760217068587077102013-02-11T12:01:00.004-08:002013-02-11T12:01:49.377-08:00The Light in the Darkness in ebook, maybeI posted something about this last night but took it down due to lack of information. But today, having scoured the web, I have found that <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/category/fiction/alternate.pperl?cat_id_ex=Fiction%20-%20Romance%20-%20Historical:3727">Random House</a> indicates <i>The Light in the Darkness</i> will be released as an ebook on March 6, 2013. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Light-Darkness-ebook/dp/B00BE2572Y/">Amazon </a>and <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-light-in-the-darkness-ellen-m-fisher/1003030381?ean=9780307829986">B&N</a> have it available for pre-order, too.<br />
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There are several things odd about this-- the book ought to be released under the Loveswept classic line, which usually has pricing of $2.99, and there should be a new cover. There's a similar listing (with the price of $7.99) for Elizabeth Elliott's <i>Betrothed</i>, showing the original cover. I am guessing the books will be released around this date, but that the listing is not yet complete. So I wouldn't pre-order yet (not that I imagine you're all queued up anxiously pushing the pre-order button on Amazon anyway:-). I do hope this means I'll have a new cover and more accurate info about the price and release date soon, though!Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-19567072875560482952013-02-08T06:01:00.001-08:002013-02-08T06:01:11.653-08:00Paperback is available<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You can now find <i>Into the Night</i> in paperback on <a href="https://www.createspace.com/4144544">CreateSpace </a>and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Into-Night-Ellen-Fisher/dp/0615760651/ref=tmm_pap_title_0">Amazon</a>.Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-30603919212718336842013-02-02T05:53:00.002-08:002013-02-02T05:53:56.911-08:00My first proofMy first proof copy of a self-published paperback is on its way. The interior was laid out by <a href="http://streetlightgraphics.com/">Streetlight Graphics</a>, the cover was created by <a href="http://www.litteradesigns.com/">Littera Designs</a>, and the finished product should theoretically be gorgeous, and as good as any publishing company could put out. But because I don't really have a clue what I'm doing with CreateSpace, the pages are probably upside down, or some such. Hence the proof:-). I can't wait to see it!Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-27284546595651710972013-01-14T10:47:00.001-08:002013-01-14T10:47:31.664-08:00Another great new cover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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By <a href="http://litterabookdesigns.blogspot.ca/">Littera Book Designs</a>. This one is for an omnibus edition of <i>I'll Be There for You</i> and <i>In the Mood</i>, which will be my first indie paperback.Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-51533184012188156172013-01-14T04:29:00.002-08:002013-01-14T04:29:42.477-08:00Thank you, Kathy!I am pleased to say that Kathy's Review Corner has listed <i>Seeing Spots</i> as a <a href="http://kathysreviewcorner.com/corners/1301Gems.html">Gem of 2012</a>.<br />
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Thank you very much, Kathy! I'm so happy you enjoyed it!Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-21324005824800144872013-01-02T04:41:00.001-08:002013-01-02T04:41:06.660-08:00Happy New Year!Happy New Year, everyone!<br />
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I've tallied up my end-of-year figures, and have found that I sold less than 50% of the number of books I sold in 2011 (though because I raised my prices, my income is only down by a third). I am attempting to combat this by getting my books up on ARe and Smashwords, and by making the first books in a couple of series permafree (if Amazon will cooperate). I'll update you as to whether these strategies work sometime around May:-).<br />
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In the meantime, I will continue to keep writing away, and blogging here every so often. I hope you all have a great 2013!Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-71097037110125642592012-12-24T13:12:00.001-08:002012-12-24T13:12:28.391-08:00Merry Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our Christmas tree, with presents. Merry Christmas to all!Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-46158176732509044142012-12-17T04:23:00.003-08:002012-12-17T04:23:45.904-08:00New covers!I'm slowly rebranding my contemporary romances, and I got these beauties from <a href="http://litterabookdesigns.blogspot.ca/">Littera Book Designs</a>:<br />
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<br />Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-16086432218136077562012-12-12T16:26:00.002-08:002012-12-12T16:26:52.082-08:00Logic and SantaMy seven-year-old came to me with a serious look on his face tonight and enumerated the various reasons he suspected Santa wasn't real. First of all, he pointed out, there's no land at the North Pole. When I suggested that maybe the ice in the region was thick enough to build on, he answered, quite reasonably, that he thought the ice would crack. He also wondered how one would manage to build an enormous factory and generate electricity so far from civilization. And finally, he hit me with this: "It doesn't seem logical to me that some reindeer would be able to fly, especially without wings."<br />
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Yep. He's Vulcan Husband's son, all right!Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-49291265675012836392012-11-30T06:32:00.001-08:002012-11-30T06:32:20.199-08:00Winter WonderlandIf you're interested in erotica, check out the freebies listed on <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/winterwonderland-20">Winter Wonderland.</a>Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-48276576835885481842012-11-28T16:19:00.001-08:002012-11-28T16:19:09.125-08:00Book of the Day<i>All I Ever Wanted</i> is <a href="http://ereadernewstoday.com/book-of-the-day-all-i-ever-wanted/6722102/">Book of the Day on eReader News Today</a>, and I've gotten quite a few sales as a result. Thanks to everyone who bought it, and to ENT for featuring it!Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-68286551211093815022012-11-26T03:41:00.000-08:002012-11-26T03:41:12.204-08:00The City of the LadiesA friend has her first novella up for sale:<br />
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Click on the picture to find it on Amazon!Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-31920507447387846192012-11-22T04:54:00.002-08:002012-11-22T04:54:21.063-08:00Happy Thanksgiving!Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for my kids, my family, my dogs, my cats... and for all my lovely readers. I hope all of you have a lot to be thankful for!Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-88387669233949192632012-11-09T04:29:00.000-08:002012-11-09T04:30:44.219-08:00What I earned this yearBecause payments from retailers are two months behind, it's now possible for me to guesstimate how much I will earn this year. My earnings are decidedly down-- last year I earned approximately $30,000 from indie publishing, whereas this year I earned a bit less than $22,000. That breaks down as follows:<br />
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PubIt: $4200<br />
Smashwords (mostly iTunes but some B&N as well): $4800<br />
KDP (Amazon): $12,700<br />
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$22K is still a lot more than I've earned from my writing in the past, so I'm definitely not complaining. But obviously one would like to see one's earnings go up, not down, particularly when you consider I had thirteen new releases this year (for a total of 34 titles under three pen names). It does feel like I'm running faster to wind up further behind:-).<br />
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But to be fair, the market shifts and twists so much it's hard to know how well one is doing. I earned a great deal of money from B&N at the beginning of 2011, but that well dried up abruptly when they adjusted the way they handled erotica. This means that my 2012 sales were perhaps not down <i>that </i>far from the second half of last year.<br />
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I only got onto Smashwords at the end of last year, and so far it's obviously contributing a good deal to my income-- but that figure was also inflated by being on the bestseller list at the beginning of 2012, so how I'll do there next year is anyone's guess. Oddly, my regular romance seems to sell fairly well on SW, even though my romance sales are pretty much dead on Amazon, where I'm mostly selling under my pen names now.<br />
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My PubIt sales are down quite a bit from the beginning of the year, but my sales (mostly erotic romance) have held steady there since mid-2012, so I hope my income there will remain consistent, if not spectacular. Consistency is a good thing!<br />
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What I intend to do is continue turning out erotic romance shorts, and focus on those pen names. I'd like to see one or more titles really resonate with readers, in order to grow my sales, but that's not entirely within my control. All I can do is write the best books I can, and hope some of them will make a splash at some point. I'm not doing much to promote Ellen right now, but in order to keep her visible, I do intend to bundle three of my novellas under a single title. And of course there should be a re-release of <i>The Light in the Darkness</i> from Bantam later in 2013.Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-81917277958038083832012-11-07T16:54:00.002-08:002012-11-07T17:11:05.881-08:00Another Hero storyTwo days ago, I decided to take Hero over to PetSmart. I put him out in the front yard for a moment so he could piddle while I got organized, knowing that he's such a mama's boy that he won't run off. Ordinarily he won't get more than about twenty feet away from me, and typically he pees, then comes back to the door and waits hopefully on the top step for me to emerge. But instead I heard frantic barking, and went out the door to see him racing into the cul-de-sac, yapping ferociously.<br />
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The reason? Well, there was a plane towing a sign right over the neighborhood. Hero doesn't like planes (<a href="http://ellenfisherjournal.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-keep-aussie-occupied.html">or hawks</a>) much, and a plane flying low over his yard and dragging something long and mysterious behind it was clearly a national security risk of the most dangerous sort, to his canine way of thinking. He raced in frantic circles around the cul-de-sac like a thoroughbred sprinting around a race track, zooming at his top speed and barking ferociously, glaring up at the plane as he ran. I called him to me, but as usual, he ignored my calls, because matters of security always take precedence over obedience in his weird Aussie brain. He is ordinarily pretty obedient, but if he thinks there's danger to his people, he will not stand down.<br />
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Before long the plane flew off, and fortunately he didn't race after it. He'd chased it away from his territory, and that was what mattered to him. He pranced back to me, proud of himself for chasing off the invader. He considers guarding the house his one true calling, and he was quite pleased with himself for doing such a good job of it.<br />
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Fortunately no cars came down the cul-de-sac during this performance, because he was so focused on the plane he might have run right under the wheels. I'll think twice before leaving the foolish beast out in the front yard again, even for a microsecond.Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-57691654971014726622012-11-01T06:31:00.002-07:002012-11-01T06:31:20.338-07:00A four a.m. conversationHero sleeps in my bathroom, and last night about four, I awakened to the sound of him barking. He doesn't usually bark in the middle of the night for no reason, so I lay awake and listened. He wasn't giving his loud, trumpeting watchdog bark, but rather a quiet <i>wuff, wuff.</i> I waited a moment, and then heard an owl hooting nearby. Hero barked in response.<br />
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"Quiet," I said sleepily. "It's just an owl."<br />
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<i>Hooo, hooo.</i><br />
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<i>Wuff! Wuff!</i><br />
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"Shut up, Hero."<br />
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<i>Hooo, hooo.</i><br />
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<i>Wuff! Wuff!</i><br />
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"Quiet, I said!"<br />
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<i>Hoooo, hooo.</i><br />
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(Apparently remembering that I'd told him to be quiet) <i>Grrrrrrrrrr</i>.<br />
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<i>Hooo, hooo.</i><br />
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(Presumably unable to stop himself from responding, even at the risk of getting in trouble) <i>Wuff! Wuff!</i><br />
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Eventually the owl flew away, the dog quieted down, and I went back to sleep. I hate these late-night conversations!Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4115628743473451789.post-34649312352805814992012-10-26T05:56:00.001-07:002012-10-26T06:00:43.565-07:00Statistics lieHere's <a href="http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2012/bowker-nearly-250000-self-published-books-in-u-s-in-2011-growing-fast/">an interesting article</a> on self-publishing, which says that a Bowker report indicates there were about 235,000 self-published books in the US in 2011. The article further claims that "E-book self-publishing production is up 129% since 2006" and that "most self-published titles are still print books (some 63%)." It also offers this unlikely analysis of the current (or 2011) market: "A handful of larger players dominate the e-book self-publishing market, according to the report. Author Solutions (47,094 titles, now owned by Penguin) and Smashwords (40,608 titles) led the way but Lulu wasn’t far behind (38,005). Outside of these three and Amazon’s CreateSpace, which dominates the print side of self-publishing, no other company has more than 10% market-share."<br />
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Anyone who's been following the indie market knows that this is all wildly off. Most indies are e-publishing, not print publishing. Ebook self-publishing production is up way, way more than 129% since 2006, or I'll eat my hat. And the idea that Author Solutions and Smashwords are the dominant forces in the market is just silly. Amazon, anyone?<br />
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The answer to this mystery is that Bowker is counting ISBNs. Most indies don't use them. So most Amazon and B&N ebooks are going uncounted in this report-- which means that this article is very badly misleading as to the true state of indie publishing today, and is almost certainly grossly understating the true numbers.Ellen Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631100471564370572noreply@blogger.com1