Where Completely Novel is more unique is that instead of using one printer to print up a book, users will have a choice […]
If you believe writing is a deeply held and personal passion, and simply want to see your book in print for family and friends and be a record of preservation, then there are many reputable Subsidy […]
Eddie Wright’s excellent Broken Bulbs is a science fictional take on addiction – but what makes the novel so good is that it is not classifiable. Here he talks about writing a hybrid screenplay/novel and the ups and downs of self-publishing.
Self-Publishing Review: How did you come to self-publish? I mention in the review that it would be hard for Broken Bulbs to get published based on its length alone. Did you consider submitting to chapbook publishers?
Eddie Wright: Self-publishing seemed to be the only real option for me because of the length and unorthodox style of Broken Bulbs. […]
That’s the good news – and […]
One of the interesting things about buying a book site unseen on the internet is that when the book arrives it can be much different than what you might have pictures. How many people check the dimensions of a book before buying it? Broken Bulbs is a small book – 4 x 6 and only 132 pages, but the writing itself is anything but small: it’s as authentic as they come, experimental without trying to be intentionally obscure, dark without making you doubt humanity, smart and energetic. In short, it’s great writing.
Anyone who doubts the usefulness of self-publishing need […]
I’m a bit loathe to be critical of this book because I sought out the book myself – convincing the author to send out a book at his own expense, rather than an author doing that voluntarily. But of course it wouldn’t speak to well about the objectivity of these reviews if I was totally biased.
The reason I sought out to review this book – which I’d seen reviewed highly favorably on Odyssey Reviews – is because I’m interested in how occult subjects are tackled in fiction. Interestingly, many of these books that tackle more esoteric subjects (such as […]
There’s a new article in the New York Times about self-publishing. Not as interesting as Time Magazine’s recent piece about self-publishing – and certainly not the first article in the Times about self-publishing – but piece by piece self-publishing is gaining clout. The article says,
Vanity presses have existed for decades, but technology has made it much easier for aspiring authors to publish without hefty upfront costs. Gone are the days when self-publishing meant paying a printer to produce hundreds of copies that then languished in a garage.
This could be one of the things to further the cause of […]
As terrible as this move was […]
The argument can be made that even the new breed of self-publishing services does not resemble the old model of subsidy publishing – especially in terms of the amount of profit an author gets per book and the author’s ability to retain copyright. That issue aside, a place like iUniverse is commonly referred […]