David Viergutz, a disabled Army and Law Enforcement Veteran, writes diverse horror and dark fiction. Encouraged by his wife, he now pens tales fearlessly in a candle-lit room, always smiling.
A Look at Whether AI Can Help You Produce Translations Cheaper From direct sales to AI-generated audiobooks, technology is rapidly advancing, opening doors to new publishing mediums that were all but closed to most authors in recent years. Those seeking opportunities to reach new audiences often turn to translations, making...
How Direct Sales and Transmedia Have Helped Pierre Alex Jeanty’s Poetry Soar David Viergutz Thought-provoking poetry can speak to readers around the world. It’s something people have seemingly always innately understood about the art form, and it’s a fact Pierre Alex Jeanty has witnessed firsthand as he’...
ScribeCount Brings Your Sales Data Across Retailers into One Place David Viergutz For authors who publish wide, tracking sales and trends across different platforms can be time consuming, yet the data it provides can be essential to creating effective marketing strategies. ScribeCount (https://scribecount.com) offers a way to track...
David Viergutz The author’s technology stack—that is, the digital toolset they use to conduct business—is ever-changing. Technology grows and develops, adding features and functionality, solutions to problems that may not have arisen yet. Notion aims to fit into this category, offering an all-in-one organization and productivity tool...
K-lytics Helps Authors Understand the Industry with Data-Driven Insights The average indie author has probably heard about K-lytics founder Alex Newton’s monthly Amazon Kindle data deep dive. In each report, he curates aggregate data, both historical and current, and provides analytical insights into the state of things on Amazon’...
Two Conferences Collide as 20Books Vegas Transitions to Author Nation During the second week of November, the largest group of independent authors, publishers, and industry professionals gathered at the Horseshoe casino hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the sixth iteration of the event in seven years, yet it had...
