James D. Best

This weekend, I ran across this cartoon. At one time, everyone predicted the electronic books would supplant  the printed variety . I thi...

Steve Dancy has had a rocky romantic life in the first three novels. His mother pushed him to marry a young lady who would enhance the fa...

Friday, I signed the final approval forms for The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale . Whew! The Return by James D. Best I wish th...

My kids called to find out what I wanted for Father’s Day. When I asked for a gift card from Amazon, they said that would be impersonal. I ...

Images is a great site for film and popular culture. They have a number of articles on Westerns, but I suggest you start with "The W...

I indie-publish because I like the control and speed. Traditional publishing is far too controlling and works at a glacial pace. I know be...

I’m currently going through the galley proof for The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale . In my supposedly perfect manuscript,  I've  already ...

The Shopkeeper, A Steve Dancy Tale is a featured book today on “Kindle Books and Tips” and “Bargain Booksy .” For a short period, the Kin...

Once upon a time, I feared red ink … now I look forward to it. The red ink means another set of professional eyes are helping me write ...

                      The Steve Dancy Box Set Books provide hours upon hours of entertainment. If you're looking for rousi...

Sometimes we forget that American genre fiction is popular overseas—Westerns included. And why not? We might think of the Wild West as u...

The popularity of eReaders has decimated the mass paperback market, and several publishers have even abandoned the format. An eReader can ...

A few days ago, I posted an article titled “How do you pick your next book to read?” I received a couple questions on a throwaway co...

For me, there are three major elements of good western . The first is the romance of a new beginning, the second is the battle of good ver...

I'm a compulsive reader. I read everything and I read all the time. I suspect it started when I was in the fifth grade and I spent my...

I made a significant error when writing  Principled Action, Lessons from the Origins of the American Republic . I attributed a quote to Jame...

An article in the  Wall Street Journal  got me thinking. Single-tasking has become a luxury. L. Gordon Crovitz's article is titled “...

In the olden days—like maybe four years ago—Kindle and Nook readers were fairly tolerant of formatting errors. The technology was brand span...

I've been tracking print versus eBook sales for years. In 2008, my print sales were four times my eBook sales. In 2009, three times....

How to Stand Out in the Biggest Bookstore in the World Amazon is a vast book market. The size is a magnificent opportunity and a huge ...