Category: from the publisher
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Thoughts on Disability as DEI
I mentioned in a previous post that we did not reach the finals of the Independent Book Publisher Association’s Innovative Voices Fellowship. The finalists included I believe 20 different publishers, all with either BIPOC or LGTBQIA+ voices. No one among them had a disability. The five winners were announced, and…
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Writing Books that Inspire Us
Perhaps “Writing Books that Inspire Us” is not the right title for this one, but “writing books that inspire me” sounds so pretentious. If you’re a regular around here, you might want to skip to the next paragraph as I’m going to cover some basic information you already know. I…
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Writing Dirty Word hits a #1
I’ll keep it brief, but Ralph Greco Jr.’s Writing Dirty Words has hit #1 in Amazon’s hot new releases in the erotica fiction writing reference niche. What I find hysterical is that the #3 title came out two weeks before Ralph’s book and it sounds like the same book but…
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How to create an imprint in Bowker
This is a short one, I’m putting it out there because someone might need it. If you are an indie or self-published author who tuned into the Alliance of Independent Authors Q&A beginners podcast this month, hoping to learn how to file your Bowker ISBNs into imprints within your publishing…
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Writing Dirty Words now available
This week has been a delightful split between two of our favorite pastimes here at Parisian Phoenix Publishing– disability advocacy and dirty words. Today (as I write this it is 6 a.m.) is the first Lehigh Valley Disability Pride, hosted by Disability Pride PA and the Lehigh Valley Arts and…
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Print quality: Ingram vs KDP
The podcasters I listen to like to talk about how they make the most money self-publishing and rapid-releasing on Amazon. Many of these people not only release approximately every six weeks, but they also focus on Kindle Unlimited and ebook readers. Many do not do print books. But many others…
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Ten days
Just a quick post to reassure the world that Parisian Phoenix has not forgotten how to construct a sentence. It’s been ten days since I published– and I’ll be starting a new post on Substack later this weekend. They take me hours to write and normally I break them into…
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Launching Summer Reading
On June 14, starting at 11 a.m., Ralph and Joe and I will be at the Mary Meuser Memorial Library Summer Reading Kick Off “Wheels Around Wilson” at Meuser Park, 2240 Northampton Street, Easton, Pa., 18042. The free event will feature vehicles from the borough’s emergency departments and public works…
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Lucky #13
My team— and specifically Gayle— has to chastise me constantly for sharing news and images too early. But I’m excited! And I like to spread the joy! Sure, sometimes it means cover reveals end up not exactly matching the cover on the book, but it also allows you, as readers…
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