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Old 12-29-2008, 10:12 PM   #1
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Old 12-29-2008, 10:14 PM   #2
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I'm all for supporting small publishing set-ups. Can anyone recommend a good book that they publish to start with for someone who has not read their books?
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Old 12-30-2008, 12:27 AM   #3
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Okay, done. They were relatively inexpensive, so I was able to purchase 5 of the 9. Good luck to them.
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Old 12-30-2008, 12:14 AM   #4
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News like this should make everyone aware that publishing is not a get-rich-quick venture. A lot of us in the business work very hard for little money to provide the best books we can. I hope Apex makes it--a number of fine small publishers have failed over the past couple of years. Unfortunately, I've noticed a down-trend in sales at BooksForABuck.com over the past few months as well--part of the economic downturn, I'd guess. Although books are cheap, they're also very easy for many people to put off buying.

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Old 12-30-2008, 12:26 AM   #5
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I jumped on the band wagon as well. Some of their books look quite interesting and I may not have noticed them otherwise. I got them at Fictionwise as all of my reading is electronic now.
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i went and got one. thanks for the heads-up - it's always good to help out an indie publisher
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Updated link to their progress (they moved blogs). Apparantly they are not doing well.

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Old 01-13-2009, 05:58 PM   #8
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This post from Jan 10th says that they came within $75 of their goal!
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Old 01-13-2009, 08:48 PM   #9
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This post from Jan 10th says that they came within $75 of their goal!
http://www.jason-sizemore.com/2009/01/10/it-happened/
Hi.

Someone left a note in a comment on my blog about this thread. I've read through it and to say I'm...touched would be an understatement. I really appreciate the support!

I dunno if mobileread.com caused the Apex website to crash, but I do know we got a lot of traffic from here.

I'll try to pop by whenever we have a new e-book out. And I'll definitely snoop around the forum...

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Hi.

Someone left a note in a comment on my blog about this thread. I've read through it and to say I'm...touched would be an understatement. I really appreciate the support!

I dunno if mobileread.com caused the Apex website to crash, but I do know we got a lot of traffic from here.

I'll try to pop by whenever we have a new e-book out. And I'll definitely snoop around the forum...

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Curious minds want to know...did ebook purchases help you out or do you get paid on those quarterly?
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Old 01-13-2009, 09:13 PM   #11
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Curious minds want to know...did ebook purchases help you out or do you get paid on those quarterly?

FW pays those out quarterly, so the purchases didn't count toward the sales tally. But rest assured every purchase made by the Mobileread.com people is appreciated!
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Old 01-13-2009, 09:10 PM   #12
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Hi.

Someone left a note in a comment on my blog about this thread. I've read through it and to say I'm...touched would be an understatement. I really appreciate the support!

I dunno if mobileread.com caused the Apex website to crash, but I do know we got a lot of traffic from here.

I'll try to pop by whenever we have a new e-book out. And I'll definitely snoop around the forum...

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Er, this is Jason Sizemore, owner of Apex Publications.
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Er, this is Jason Sizemore, owner of Apex Publications.
I'm glad you cleared that up. I was afraid you were Keyser Söze. (If you don't get the joke, don't worry. No one understands my sense of humor.)
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Someone left a note in a comment on my blog about this thread. I've read through it and to say I'm...touched would be an understatement. I really appreciate the support!

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