A Black Eye for Self-Publishing
That […]
Operation Concrete: An Interview with Richard Galbraith
Concrete Operational by Richard Galbraith (and others) is the most ambitious project ever covered by Self-Publishing Review. In fact, it might be the most ambitious project I’ve ever seen of its kind, self-published or not. It combines a novel, art book, and CD in one package, all centered around a single story – a plausibly prophetic vision of the future. About the novel:
[…]Germany Germany, a man who was free, a man who loved, now an instrument in their machine. They have turned him into the very thing he hates, what he and everyone he loved fought against, the
SEO Book Marketing: Directory Submissions
In a recent interview on Smashwords Books Reviewed, I said this:
I actually spent $70 on an SEO link-building service recently – submitting my site to directories with different keyword phrases. It actually worked, because now my novel comes up in the top results for “UFO fiction,” “World War III fiction” and others. That SEO has way more value than paying for an ad on some website.
It’s true, and I thought I’d fill in the details about how this was done, and how SEO is important for book marketing.
If you take a look at the keyphrases, I’m […]
Borders Becomes Vanity Publisher
[…]Borders will offer two basic levels of service for the Get Published program: an $89.99 basic package that gives the user a ISBN and makes the e-book available to all major e-book retailers; and a $199.99 advance package, which gives the user the full e-Pub file for their own use. Authors can set their own prices within the
Favorite Thing Ever
Here’s a good idea. Matt Youngmark, author of Zombocalypse Now (and interviewed here), has started up a new group blog called Favorite Thing Ever. The description:
You have a limited amount of time, so why spend it reading about things that suck or are only kind of okay? Favorite thing EVER is not a review site. We’re unrepentant fans, and this is the stuff we love. Hope you like gushing, because we’re about to embarrass ourselves.
Why is this a good idea? Because group blogging may make a lot more sense than a solitary blog. I mean, you […]
Dispatch from the Self-Publishing Book Expo
[…]Observations, in no particular order:
- There were lots of people there, right from the opening at 10 a.m. It was obvious that Expo impresarios Diane Mancher and Karen Mender were correct in assessing the need for such an event, and they made the right decision in making the exhibit floor a freebie for all attendees. Last year nothing was free. The panel sessions I visited were well-attended, with an alert audience asking important questions and getting good answers from knowledgeable and experienced
Barnes & Noble’s PubIt is Live
Books released through Pubit! can be priced as low as 99¢ and as high as $199.99, but there’s definitely a sweet spot where Barnes and Noble encourages publishers to list their e-books. That spot is between $2.99 and $9.99, where publishers take 65% of the money collected. Titles priced less than $2.98, and more than $10.00 only earn publishers 40% of the list price.
So authors can earn somewhat less […]
Mick Rooney Releases To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish
Via Troubador Publishing comes this press release:
[…]A fantastic new self-publishing resource for all authors that focuses on the two areas of self-publishing that self-help books tend to neglect: it asks the question ‘why are you self-publishing?’ and provides an in-depth analysis of the many different self-publishing services on the UK and Irish market.
‘To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish’ not only prompts the author to ask the million dollar question – Why do I want to self-publish? – it takes the author carefully through the process of reasoning, and the realities of self-publishing, to help them find the best