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Seed Savers-Treasure, Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist!

It’s been a while since I posted. Not because nothing is happening, but quite the opposite– I’ve been very busy. But first things first: I am thrilled to announce that Seed Savers-Treasure is a finalist for a coveted Benjamin Franklin Award. Read the press release here. Treasure is a finalist in the Children’s/YA cover design […]

Seed Savers-Treasure at ALA 2018

By authorssmith June 19, 2018 Leave a comment

If you’re lucky enough to be attending the ALA annual conference in New Orleans this coming weekend, don’t forget to stop by the IBPA booth where you can browse the many quality indie titles. I’m happy to announce that my book, Seed Savers-Treasure ,will be on display at the booth. Take a look at Treasure and all […]

Celebrate Indie Author Day With Me

By authorssmith October 8, 2016 Leave a comment

I promised I would do my part to celebrate the first official Indie Author Day. So for one day only I have put ALL OF MY SEED SAVERS BOOKS on sale for 99 cents at the same time. I don’t think I’ve ever done that before. It’s only for today, so if you want to […]

5 Reasons to Self Publish

By authorssmith October 7, 2016 2 Comments

As I mentioned in my previous post, Amazon is celebrating Indie authors this month. Libraries around the country are initiating Indie Author Day tomorrow. I’ll have my own special surprise tomorrow to mark the occasion. But right now I’d like to share my five reasons to self-publish, based on my own experience. 1.If your book […]

#PoweredByIndie

By authorssmith October 4, 2016 Leave a comment

Amazon has deemed October the month to celebrate Indie writers/publishers. Libraries across the country will be celebrating the FIRST ANNUAL Indie Author Day on October 8. So never mind that Wikipedia doesn’t have a page for Indie Author or Indie Publishing. Or maybe I should say “not yet.” All month, Indies are invited to share […]

Read Across America Day — Go Indie!

By authorssmith March 1, 2015 1 Comment

For Dr. Seuss Day, why not try some Indie books? Below are five suggestions with links to their Amazon pages where you can read all about them! These books are listed primarily as middle grade (grades 6-8). 1. Treasure (Seed Savers) by S. Smith — speculative fiction, garden theme 2. The Candle Star (Divided Decade […]

Newbie Self-Publisher? There’s Help

By authorssmith February 3, 2015 Leave a comment

Review of The Self-Publisher’s Ultimate Resource Guide When I decided to publish my first book in 2012, I knew nothing about how to put a book together and get it out there. Luckily for me, I found thebookdesigner.com by Joel Friedlander. Through his website, Joel taught me almost everything I know about self-publishing. I was […]

Posting Reviews for Your Indie Authors

By authorssmith June 13, 2014 40 Comments

You know that friend/author who’s always pleading harassing asking you to leave them a book review on Amazon? The one whose book you read? Possibly you even got the book for free? Okay, so ME for some of you. This is just a little tutorial/explanation of why it is so important and how to do […]