Book Distribution Tips | Self-Publishing Review

Interview with WaveCloud Co-Founder, Bill Van Orsdel

WaveCloud is a newish self-publishing company offering a variety of book publishing packages. We sat down with CMO and co-founder Bill Van Orsdel to find out a little more about the company.

Self-Publishing Review: What is WaveCloud and how long has it been online?

Bill Van Orsdel: WaveCloud provides editing, production and marketing services to authors that want help bringing a book to market. We don’t ask for any rights, and we don’t ask for a percentage. Our services are a la carte, and as we deliver the work, we also deliver all of the files to the […]

Henry Baum2014-02-11T17:01:03+02:00February 11th, 2014|Categories: Interviews|Tags: Book Distribution Tips|

When Does Self-Publishing Becoming Publishing Through an Independent Publisher?

An interesting question came up in discussions we held this weekend with a young writer who has an idea for a book and wanted to hear how we transitioned from our past careers to writing and publishing. We told him our tale of the journey but then drifted off into a more ethereal discussion of when does an author/self publisher cross the threshold to Author/Independent Publisher.

The conversation began with a lighthearted question by me “Would Frank Nelson Doubleday, the founder of Doubleday & Co. (Now an imprint of Random House) be considered self published since he authored and co-authored […]

G. Hugh Bodell2011-04-28T09:57:52+02:00April 28th, 2011|Categories: Features|Tags: Book Distribution Tips|

Bill See Discusses New Coming of Age Memoir “33 Days”

Longtime Los Angeles indie rock musician Bill See just released his new coming of age “docu-drama” memoir “33 Days.” This is a recent quick Q & A with him from his Miracle Mile home.

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

A. D.I.Y. is in my blood from putting out my own records, touring, self-generating hype, and making people take notice. We (Divine Weeks) got signed to a bigger label that way so for the book, self publishing is the logical approach.

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

Bill See2011-02-09T15:27:17+02:00February 9th, 2011|Categories: Interviews|Tags: Amazon News and Tips, Book Distribution Tips|

Distributing with Book Baby

Via PR Newswire:

BookBaby throws open the doors to the electronic publishing and distribution world for independent authors, offering the highest pay-out rate for eBook distribution in the industry. Authors will receive 100% of their net sales revenue – paid weekly – generated through all BookBaby’s retailer network, including all the major retailers including Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and Sony, and soon, Google.To celebrate its debut in the eBook world, BookBaby is offering worldwide eBook distribution for an introductory price of $99, a $50 discount off the regular price of $149. More details can be found on BookBaby’s

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Todd Keisling2012-02-16T10:23:42+02:00January 12th, 2011|Categories: News|Tags: Book Distribution Tips|

SpringBrook Digital: New Distribution Channel For Indie Authors

Everybody knows about Amazon. Most know about Smashwords and the assorted channels available through their Premium Distribution. I’m here to tell you about a brand new distribution option for indie authors: SpringBrook Digital. They’re a new company distributing both ebooks and audiobooks.

They not only sell through their own website, but they also have contracts with Audible, iTunes, and, most exciting to me, with Overdrive, which is the holy grail for getting into America’s libraries, of which there are more than 100,000. That was the selling point for me. I don’t necessarily expect to make big bucks selling […]

Kait Nolan2011-10-08T18:04:21+02:00July 23rd, 2010|Categories: Resources|Tags: Book Distribution Tips|

Important Questions to Ask Before You Self Publish (and sign on the dotted line)

So many self-publishing houses; so many empty promises…

In the past year since my own self-published book, The Victor, was released, I have met many authors who have gone the self-publishing route and have learned many important things that they should have given thought to but didn’t even know to ask and are now kind of “stuck” after having spent A LOT of money. There are good companies to self-publish with and some horrible ones, so “buyer beware”! There are quite a few important things you need to ask and consider before deciding on which company to go with […]