Interviews | Self-Publishing Review

An Interview with Author Jason Leonard

An interview with author-poet, Jason Leonard, whose book In Shadows is out now.

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?
In Shadows is a book of poems, chap book if technical terms suit your fancy. I wrote the book in my early 20’s so there some popular themes there, i.e. struggling with relationships, self-esteem, love, etc., etc.

How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?
I did not try and find a traditional publisher. While it was a ton of work, I learned a great deal about publishing and it made […]

Jason Leonard2014-08-27T05:26:18+02:00August 27th, 2014|Categories: Interviews|Tags: Poetry Book Reviews|

An Interview with Waleed Farag, Author of “Curing Arthritis Without Drugs”

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?
It gives me great pleasure to present this treatise to men and women of all ages to acquaint them with basic facts of arthritis which attacks them suddenly without a warning. I believe that whosoever reads this book which is based on sound scientific knowledge and findings of experts shall greatly benefit from it in controlling his suffering. I have presented here various options which are available for the treatment and curing of joint inflammation which causes joint pains.

How did you come to self-publish?
I published using BookBaby.[…]

waleed farag2014-08-22T00:49:00+02:00August 22nd, 2014|Categories: Interviews|Tags: Self-Help Book Reviews|

An Interview with Steven Spatz, President of BookBaby

SPR’s CEO Henry Baum has a an exclusive conversation with the President of BookBaby, Steve Spatz, about all things self-publishing and the way forward for BookBaby, as they announce a new collaboration with Blue Ash Publishing.

Tell us a little about yourself and BookBaby.
I’ve been with AVL – the parent company for all our brands – for almost 10 years, heading up the marketing for most of our music brands like Disc Makers and Oasis. I was somewhat involved with the launch of BookBaby in 2010, but as the brand grew slowly over the next 18 months, so too […]

Henry Baum2014-08-16T06:43:38+02:00August 15th, 2014|Categories: Interviews|

Interview With Lateral Collateral, Author of “Know No Boundaries”

An interview with author Lateral Collateral, author of “Know No Boundaries.”

How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?
Self-publishing was the only viable option available to me. Writing is not the profession that wins bread for me, though I love to write to connect to the world. I could not risk my hard-earned money by submitting my book for the review of traditional publishers, where the chance of getting selected is less than 0.1%. The turn-around time is also prohibitively high. I would grow too old, before my book is published.

Therefore, I did […]

Lateral Collateral2014-08-13T08:36:36+02:00August 13th, 2014|Categories: Interviews|Tags: Science Fiction Book Reviews|

An Interview With Author Chad Hofmann

An interview with “The Bird Room” author Chad Hofmann, featured this month on SPR’s Lead Stories.

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?
The Bird Room is 17 short stories of horror, the paranormal, and the unknown. These stories were all written over the past five years or so with one or two that date back about seven years. I had always thought about publishing all these stories into a collection and finally the came, and here it is.

How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?
I almost tried to […]

Henry Baum2014-08-05T12:18:00+02:00August 5th, 2014|Categories: Interviews|

Author Interview – Jen Minkman

Jen Minkman was born in the Netherlands. In her home country, she is a trade-published author of paranormal romance and chicklit. She is also a self-published author of poetry, paranormal romance and Dystopian fiction.

Tell us something about your books. The basics: what are they about?
The Island Trilogy is a compilation of three stories set in the same Dystopian world. The first story (The Island, which I named the series after) is set on an unnamed island divided in two by a wall. People on the east part of the island call their neighbors on the other side Fools. […]

Jen Minkman2014-07-29T17:21:30+02:00July 29th, 2014|Categories: Interviews|

An Interview With Author Thomas Drago

Thomas Drago is the author of Crow Creek, a strange and wonderful tale about a sinkhole and the town around it.

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?
Crow Creek takes place in a fictional Southern town. The local Sheriff is investigating a recent suicide and finds himself in conflict with a prominent pastor. The book is really about dealing with the loss of a child and about how people question their faith after tragedy strikes. Sometimes, you can’t trust those you think you can because they aren’t as they seem.

How did you come […]

Cate Baum2018-11-08T13:14:45+02:00July 19th, 2014|Categories: Interviews|

Interview with Author Ariel Ceylan

Ariel Ceylan is a senior at William Paterson University and has written several fantasy books.

How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?
I self-published because I was frustrated with traditional publishers. I wrote my first book when I was 13 and I felt that I was ready to publish, so I did so when I was 17. Of course I did try to get published traditionally, but I was rejected. It never was because they didn’t like the story, it was because I was “too young”.

What self-publishing service did you use? Happy with […]

Ariel Ceylan2014-07-18T04:25:58+02:00July 18th, 2014|Categories: Interviews|