Ideas for an indie author progress database

Over the last couple months, I’ve been thinking about doing something to try to give indie authors a chance to see how they’re doing relative to others. It’s always interesting to me that indies are exponential. By that, I mean I look around the indi...

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Aug 19, 2025
SPSFC#4 Finalist Review: Bisection by Sheila Jenné

This is my second new review of a full read for the Peripheral Prospectors judging team for the final round of SPSFC#4. For more information about the team and our progress, please go to the team update page here. The book is Bisection by Sheila Jenn...

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Jul 27, 2025
SPSFC#4 Finalist Review: On Impulse by Heather Texle

This is my first new review of a full read for the Peripheral Prospectors judging team for the final round of SPSFC#4. For more information about the team and our progress, please go to the team update page here. The book is On Impulse by Heather Tex...

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Jul 16, 2025
My Indie Author Business Report for May 2025

May was a pretty good month. I had a BookBub Featured Deal for Daros on April 30th, with the book continuing free for five days, and that netted 10,081 downloads the first day and 14,341 over the five day promo. That’s a lot of books in people’s Kind...

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Jun 06, 2025
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

I saw the latest (and last) Mission Impossible today. I think the guy snoring three rows behind me for most of the length of the movie probably got more out of it. There were a few cool fights, although they were generally in quick cuts close up rath...

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May 24, 2025
Sinners

Sinners is a great movie, with terrific music, acting, dancing, and camera work. I suspect it will get a bunch of Oscar nominations, which would be somewhat unusual for a movie released early in the year. It’s one of those interesting horror movies w...

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May 21, 2025
SPSFC#4 Semifinalist Review: Eat by Jesse Brown

This is my second review of a full read for the Peripheral Prospectors judging team for the semifinal round of SPSFC#4. For more information about the team and our progress, please go to the team update page here. The book is Eat by Jesse Brown, some...

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May 14, 2025