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The Podpeople Invite You to the Goodreads Indie Page 99 Group

Ford Madox Ford said, “Open a book to page ninety-nine, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you.”

As many of you know, we are all about the Indie book community, not in a fluffy bunny sort of way, but in an honest advocacy sort of way, and we are always looking for new reviewers and new content. We have recently started up our My Story column again, and we have also begun a new promotional column which follows the theme of the Page99 Book Test in light of the startup of Page99Test.com

Those who know me […]

Cheryl Anne Gardner2011-10-08T17:07:02+02:00October 12th, 2010|Categories: Member Blog|

Dear Readers

I am new to the block. Allow me to give you a brief description of what I write and why I write it.

I am a macabre fantasy fiction writer. I don’t write about zombies, vampires, ethereal erotica, werewolves, elementary-level fantasy with repeating lines or anything of that nature. My preference is to not follow a generic norm, but to create my own evolved, heightened sense of self-defined creative brain vomit for others to enjoy. If I wanted to make guaranteed money, I’d conform to the desires of all the Barnes and Noble patrons and make the most recent surge […]

Lucy Guin2014-05-06T10:04:31+02:00September 28th, 2010|Categories: Member Blog|

Like Minds Think Alike

A bit of circular referencing led me to some very enjoyable reading today, beginning right here at selfpublishingreview.com. I had written a blog post about giving away my stories via Smashwords and Feedbooks, and one of the people commenting on the post was Moxie Mezcal. At the same time, I had come across a reference to an e-book called Broken Bulbs, by Eddie Wright, which sounded intriguing, and thought I had seen it on Smashwords at one time. I searched for it on Smashwords, and found it, discovering at the same time that one of the people who […]

tom lichtenberg2011-10-08T17:22:31+02:00September 21st, 2010|Categories: Features, Member Blog|

Acronym of an Author: jaebi

The following is a brief interview with jaebi, an author who put intense thought into his name for about 10-15 minutes. Since then he’s barely given it another thought, so for the foreseeable future, jaebi will stand for “just another existential brief incarnation.”

1. How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published
traditionally?

I had a ton of time to write my book. Over the pace of a few years, you begin to learn more and more about this corporatized world you guess you will eventually be submitting your awesomely formatted manuscript to–the publishing community. […]

Jaebi2011-10-08T17:25:08+02:00September 8th, 2010|Categories: Interviews, Member Blog|

What do Bad Sports Teams, the U.S. Govt, and Self-Publishing Have in Common?

It’s not easy to make the transition from a misanthropic and socially anxious writer to a self-promoting suckup, and the biggest reason I published this first book on my own was because I’ve been losing my mind trying to get agents to even agree to peek at the manuscript for my novel, which is a whole other story.

Trying to get them to read and approve of a collection of drug-fueled, anti-establishment essays about how frustrating it is to spend my time rooting for losers like the U.S. government and my favorite sports teams was something I just couldn’t imagine.[…]

Sean Michael Hogan2020-02-21T06:46:27+02:00September 8th, 2010|Categories: Member Blog|Tags: Book Editing Tips, Writing Tips|

Eugene Wells Tries Decaf

Eugene Wells is the author of The Decaf Diet: Is Caffeine Making You Fat? in which he examines the role of caffeine in the obesity epidemic. In his book, Wells concludes that caffeine drives overeating in a number of ways and proposes two strategies for dealing with this effect.

How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published
traditionally?

I decided to self-publish after reading some horror stories about authors who go through traditional publishing houses, give up the rights to their works, and receive no support from the publisher post-publication. Self-publishing appealed to me because I […]

Eugene Wells2020-02-21T03:58:56+02:00September 3rd, 2010|Categories: Interviews, Member Blog|Tags: Writing Tips|

Late to the Fair: Why I Became an Indie Author

I caught up to the fact that Chris Kelly was having a blog carnival on Indie Publishing just as the deadline closed. However, after reading the blog posts of those who made it to the fair, and mulling over my reactions, I thought it would still be useful to post on this topic.

I have written previously on my blog about the path that lead me to self-publishing, which echoed other writers (disappointment with the traditional route, issues of control, greater financial opportunities, etc) so in this post I am focusing more narrowly on the most important personal reason I […]

Mary Lou Locke2011-10-08T17:11:17+02:00September 2nd, 2010|Categories: Member Blog|

Getting Your Book Self-Published—Clear the Confusion and Focus on the Basics

As a writer, it is so easy to get confused and lose focus with all the talk about getting a book self-published these days. There are so many self-publishing, options and formats and e-book readers, from Kindles to i-Phones. For a moment, take a step back—and focus. Forget about how you are going to self-publish or where people will read your book. Concentrate on WHAT people will read—and make sure, as a writer, you provide a good quality book. At AuthorAssist, we coach our writers to adhere to the basic principles required for a quality book—and we have narrowed it […]