Jamie has edited and published over twenty anthologies, organized multiple ebook bundles, and has participated in numerous bundles and anthologies created by other intrepid organizers. She publishes under her own press, Blackbird Publishing, as well as under Borogrove Press, which she created with DeAnna Knippling and Tami Veldura. She's also a member of the Uncollected Anthology, an urban and contemporary fantasy author collective. Jamie created a publishing management software tool, Inkwren, which was inspired by her need to keep track of a zillion publications, stories, authors, and tasks.

In her fiction, Jamie writes stories where magic lives just beneath the surface—where ghosts haunt houses that no longer exist, selkies are stranded far from the sea, and witches discover their power one herb at a time. Her work blends folklore, emotional depth, and a deep empathy for characters navigating impossible choices. She lives in Colorado, where her two border collies are still waiting for her to get them a proper herd of sheep.

Bundle Up! by Jamie Ferguson

Multi-author projects—anthologies, box sets, and ebook bundles—are one of the smartest moves an indie author can make. They expand your reach, build your network, and generate income. But they also come with a lot of moving parts: contributors, contracts, royalties, scheduling, promotion, and everything in between.

Bundle Up! is the field guide you need, whether you're an author deciding which projects are worth your time or an organizer ready to run one yourself. Inside you'll find practical guidance for every stage of the process: finding and evaluating projects, organizing and running your own, selecting authors and stories, handling contracts and royalties, communicating with contributors, and promoting your collection across multiple channels.

Jamie Ferguson has organized over twenty multi-author projects with more than a hundred authors. She's made the mistakes so you don't have to — and this is your blueprint for getting it right.

CURATOR'S NOTE

Jamie Ferguson has edited and published over 20 anthologies and participated in countless others. For as long as I've known her, she's been on the cutting edge of what's new in indie publishing. She uses all of the tools available to all of us, and does so with panache. She's definitely one of the experts on best practices for this part of a writer's career. – Kristine Kathryn Rusch

 
 

BOOK PREVIEW

Excerpt

This book is for authors, editors, and organizers who are interested in creating and/or promoting multi-author projects to reap the benefits of collaborating with other authors. By working together, the project gets more promotion because of the combined efforts of all the participants, and you can reach a wider audience than as a solo author. This can help you sell more, help new readers find you, and best of all: it's a lot of fun!

Today's software tools make it faster and easier to create collections of stories and books than ever before. They also provide new and innovative ways to create—and promote—these projects.

If you're an author and are considering participating in multi-author projects, this book will provide information about what to expect, how to make the most out of your participation in the project, and how to contribute to promotion once the project is released.

If you're a project organizer, this book will walk you through preparing the project, inviting authors, managing author participation, and making your project more efficient and successful.

The focus of this book is on multi-author projects, but many of these concepts also apply to single-author collections like box sets or short story collections, to single books co-written by two or more authors, and to books written by multiple authors in a shared world.