Resources | Self-Publishing Review

Indie Reader Selects

IndieReader Selects will review submitted indie books (with same requirements as IR: book must be bound and have a valid ISBN). Following review, books will be posted in a database (searchable by zip, author name and book category) for subsequent placement in independent bookstores. These reviews will be made available to booksellers, looking to provide their customers with unique titles, to support indie authors and to differentiate themselves from the big box stores. Additionally, booksellers who decide to stock indie books will be able to work out a customized merchandising program with

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Henry Baum2011-10-08T17:22:48+02:00September 21st, 2010|Categories: Resources|

For Foreign Authors Wishing to Publish on Amazon: Read This

This post is for foreign authors wishing to publish on Amazon; the complete lowdown on how to get a US TIN (Tax Identification Number) and file a W8-BEN.

Below is what it says on DTP Amazon:

I am a foreign resident in a country with a U.S. tax treaty and have provided a Form W8-BEN, but the W8-BEN does not provide a valid U.S. TIN. Will taxes be withheld at the applicable treaty rate?

NO. Taxes will be withheld at the 30% standard rate because a valid U.S. TIN on your form W8-BEN is a prerequisite to obtaining a reduced

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Simon Royle2011-10-08T17:17:39+02:00September 3rd, 2010|Categories: Resources|Tags: Amazon News and Tips|

Back to Basics on Book Promotion – A Review of Book Candy Studios

BACK TO BASICS – BOOK PROMOTION

How many of you have been tempted to or already paid for “Blog Tours”? Did it increase your book sales? Expensive book trailer? Fun but more book sales? When it comes to book sales, the old adage is still true: the best form of advertising is “word of mouth”. The only question is, how do you generate word of mouth without spending a lot of money? Approximately 5,000 new books are released every month and the average author sells only 250 (mostly to family and friends).

I have probably made the same mistakes many […]

Marlayne Giron2011-10-08T17:10:44+02:00September 3rd, 2010|Categories: Resources|Tags: Book Promotion Articles|

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 […]

Patricia Benesh2011-10-08T17:11:49+02:00August 31st, 2010|Categories: Member Blog, Resources|

Smashwords Books Reviewed

I started a blog to review books published at Smashwords.com. There is a real need to help Smashwords authors get the word out on what they offer and how to reach them. The site is: http://smashwordsreviewed.blogspot.com.

Any Smashwords author can contact me at neilcrab@hotmail.com and we’ll make arrangements. The first review is Mike Jastrzebski’s The Storm Killer, online right now.

Guest reviewers will appear from time to time, and all genres will be discussed. If I am unfamiliar with a book target market, I will ask in someone with real street cred in the field.

There is no […]

Neil Crabtree2011-10-08T17:12:11+02:00August 31st, 2010|Categories: Resources|Tags: Smashwords Tips and Articles|

Publish With Lightning Source

Chances are you’ve at least heard of Lightning Source Inc., also known as LSI. If so, you must have been told that they’re the best deal around (indeed), but also that acceptance is selective (not quite), while the submission process is complicated and unforgiving (very true!). If you’ve searched the Web for them, you’ve most certainly noticed that the information about them is scarce and contradictory (often outdated and inaccurate as well). You’ve seen many of their self-publishing customers, some of them quite experienced, curse at them out of frustration—while paradoxically lauding their service!

You indeed consider doing business […]

Muriel Lede2011-10-13T09:53:36+02:00August 16th, 2010|Categories: Resources|

Thoughts on Validation and Success

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. — T.S. Eliot

Meh! What’s failed? That’s what I want to know. If you are writing and you love what you write and you love the process, then you are not a failed writer. A failed writer to me is the writer who gives up their dream. Self-published writers, if anything, can be said to have zealously embraced the dream.

My idea of success is exactly MY IDEA, and it’s not how many books I sell in a week or a day or a year or in a lifetime or […]

Cheryl Anne Gardner2011-10-08T18:02:30+02:00July 29th, 2010|Categories: Resources|Tags: Book Reviews|

Resource: UpHype – Get Your Message Out

A recent comment on the Web Presence Checklist post said this:

All good points, but not necessarily formulas for success. I have a web presence everywhere. I’ve done 95% of what you’ve listed above. Google me and you’ll find me listed from page 1-15, Right now my book The Price of Innocence in paperback languishes at the 1,588,000 rank mark on Amazon in the US. What do you do when you’ve done it all and then some? I’m beginning to think some of it is just plain dumb luck. I suppose if I made my 19th century Parisian prostitute

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Henry Baum2011-10-08T18:03:08+02:00July 28th, 2010|Categories: Resources|