The Future for Story Empire

Hi, gang, Craig here to start this off. One of the fun things about a group blog is the camaraderie established by working with friends. We have a place to chat that's free from others, and Sunday nights can get pretty crazy in there. This is a talented bunch, and I'm honored to be working …

Friday Book Share – The Body Keeper by Anne Frasier

Hello and happy Friday to all the Story Empire readers. We've been deviating from our regular Friday schedule for some time and today, I do so again with a Book Share post. Anne Frasier's the author and the book is The Body Keeper, the third novel from the Jude Fontaine Detective Mysteries. Jude is a …

Are You Legal?

Hello SErs. Harmony here 🙂 Today, I'd like to take a look at designing a book cover for your latest master piece while ensuring you don't break one of the many copyright rules. Whether you make the cover yourself or hire a designer, a good chance exists that you'll use a stock image for it. …

How You can End Up Paying to Sell an ebook on Amazon

Hello SErs. Harmony here. Being a writer, I'd like to tell you a story ... Once upon a time, Amazon charged me for selling a book. Yes, that's right. I ended up paying them $1.99 for selling one copy of an ebook. Um, that's not right. Once I got over my indignant anger, I looked into it. …

Converting from MS Word to Mobi Using Kindle Create

Hello SErs! Harmony here. Do you struggle to convert your manuscript into a Kindle file? Are you spending lots of money on conversion? Then read on. As some of you will know already, Kindle have brought out new free software to help its KDP authors convert their manuscripts into mobi files for Kindle. Today, I …