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Each day, I’m looking not at individual books, but at individual writers. How do you get readers to buy your book? What are you working on?
Where are your books […]
It’s an exciting time for self-publishers right now, especially in the digital arena. Not long ago the traditional route was the clear choice for fiction, but with the rise of online bookstores and now eBooks, it’s a tougher call. Since my book The Salbine Sisters has well-defined target markets, self-publishing was the natural choice for me.
2. What self-publishing service did you use? Happy with the service?
I don’t use a self-publishing service. I created my own imprint (Norn Publishing). I hire the editor, the cover designer, and anyone else I need to […]
Veteran short-story writer Ayer strikes gold with these enchanting sketches of the motley relatives and neighbors who peopled her mother’s rural West Virginia girlhood–back when the 20th century was young and spry.
In 1903, Nellie Wister was 8, the eldest daughter of a successful farmer and a proud homemaker with deep roots in Chinkapin Creek, a frontier world of fob hats, molasses and moonshine, tucked into a remote corner of the Mountain State. The automobile had not yet arrived, and men were still called home from the fields by dinner bells ringing across blue hills and green valleys. Channeling her […]
1. How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?
I chose to self publish for the control I’d have. I want to see how far I can take my work without the aid of a cumbersome publisher.
2. What self-publishing service did you use? Happy with the service?
Xerox!
3. What avenues have you taken to market the book? Have you gotten reviews, interviews, TV, print media […]
As a writer, you probably are confused as to whether to try to get your book published traditionally by a commercial publisher or to self-publish. As a personal writing coach at AuthorAssist.com, I get the traditional publishing versus self-publishing question frequently. To make your decision a bit easier, consider your goals and expectations-and the following seven points.
Acceptance
A large commercial publisher will not consider a manuscript unless it is represented by a literary agent. While some small independent presses do accept “unagented” manuscripts, that door is closing fast since the number of independent presses has shrunk by 50 percent […]
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 […]
1. How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?
Given the industry lead-times on getting a publisher and the fact that most won’t accept manuscripts unless via an agent along with the fact that we had our own inhouse technical experience when dealing with book media we decided to head along the path of self-publishing rather than sitting around and being subjected to the whims of the big-six.
2. What self-publishing service did you use? Happy with the service?
Lightning […]
As a writer, you are confronted with a dizzying array of publishing and self-publishing alternatives, including: commercial houses; specialty/independent houses; print-on-demand (POD) companies; and e-book companies. Many firms offer a mind-boggling variety of packages for pre-publishing, marketing, and distribution, with prices from almost free to $11,000+. Your royalties will depend on the price of your book minus the preparation, publishing, distribution, and other fees. The number of options is enough to make your head spin. How do you make sense of it all?
As a writing coach at AuthorAssist, I often get this question from perplexed writers. […]