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Guest Post: N. Frank Daniels
Frank Daniels is the author of the novel, Futureproof (reviewed by SPR). Begun as a Lulu novel, it is now out from Harper Perennial. Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City, says, “Futureproof is a nasty, fierce and funny first novel. N. Frank Daniels has one of the freshest and most original voices I’ve [...]
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Resources
Print on Demand vs. Print Run Publishing»Print on demand makes sense for the vast majority of self-published writers – especially fiction writers. The average sales for a self-published book of fiction is 30 copies, and that might be generous. If you sell 100 copies or over, you’ve done very well. 500 is extraordinary and anything over 1000 is in the stratosphere. [...]
Book Reviews
Futureproof by Frank Daniels»Futureproof is a self-publishing success story. Begun as a Lulu book, it is set to be released by Harper Perennial this month. For anyone looking to promote a self-published novel, N. Frank Daniels is proof that aggressive marketing of a self-published novel can reap rewards – and getting a book out into the world can [...]
Publisher Reviews
Selfpublishing.com Review»You have to imagine that a site with the URL Selfpublishing.com gets a lot of traffic – it comes up first in Google results for “Self-Publishing.” That’s impressive but how’s the actual service? Overall, Selfpublishing.com offers well-priced packages that include services such as marketing, which makes Selfpublishing.com a good to choice to print [...]
Interviews
Guest Post: Christopher Meeks»Christopher Meeks is the author of two self-released short story collections: The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea and Months and Seasons, as well as the play, Who Lives? - all with professionally-designed covers and well-reviewed. He can be reached at his site ChrisMeeks.com. Here he writes about creating his own self-publishing imprint, White Whisker Books. [...]
News
New Self-Publishing Success Stories»New success stories in the news: this comes from an article in Publisher’s Weekly about new self-published writers who have hit the big time. Note: these are all either non-fiction or youth-related books, though fiction for the adult market can have success as well, as noted in the review of Futureproof by N. Frank Daniels.
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Opinion
Self-Publishing and the Blogosphere»There’s a phenomenon particular to the arts, where people don’t realize their degree of talent. Call this the American Idol phenomenon. On the first few shows of American Idol, people gawk and laugh at the contestants who have so little clue how little talent they actually have. Self-publishing is full of the same types of [...]
