Comments on: 5 Good Reasons to Self-Publish Your Book http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2009/09/5-good-reasons-to-self-publish-your-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-good-reasons-to-self-publish-your-book Practical Advice to Help Self-Publishers Build Better Books Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Don’t Let These 7 Reasons Not to Self-Publish a Book Stop You | Self Publishing http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2009/09/5-good-reasons-to-self-publish-your-book/#comment-18303 Don’t Let These 7 Reasons Not to Self-Publish a Book Stop You | Self Publishing Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:33:40 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=436#comment-18303 [...] who publish a book themselves are usually energized by the experience. Since print on demand means you’ll never [...] [...] who publish a book themselves are usually energized by the experience. Since print on demand means you’ll never [...]

]]> By: Jaime Buckley http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2009/09/5-good-reasons-to-self-publish-your-book/#comment-17609 Jaime Buckley Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:29:02 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=436#comment-17609 Thank you Christopher. I did just as you suggested and even got my son to help me by going through, reading the submission rules for each site and when we qualified, send a polite request for a review. It's a lot of work, but it has been a good start. As you can see on Goodreads, we are making some progress: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11496104-wanted As for getting the quotes, I can agree...but since I was working on interior art for the printed book through Createspace, I got the quotes from the eBook reviews, then put them in the final printed version. Worked like a charm. Since i made my original post above, I've released a second book a few weeks ago, and the few that have reviewed it like it even better than the first! This is a VERY exciting adventure!! I'm glad Joel's here to give tips and guidance. Thank you Christopher. I did just as you suggested and even got my son to help me by going through, reading the submission rules for each site and when we qualified, send a polite request for a review. It’s a lot of work, but it has been a good start.

As you can see on Goodreads, we are making some progress: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11496104-wanted

As for getting the quotes, I can agree…but since I was working on interior art for the printed book through Createspace, I got the quotes from the eBook reviews, then put them in the final printed version. Worked like a charm.

Since i made my original post above, I’ve released a second book a few weeks ago, and the few that have reviewed it like it even better than the first! This is a VERY exciting adventure!!

I’m glad Joel’s here to give tips and guidance.

]]> By: Cynthia Williams http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2009/09/5-good-reasons-to-self-publish-your-book/#comment-17608 Cynthia Williams Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:43:05 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=436#comment-17608 I am exploring self-publishing options. I am overwhelmed. Can you offer any advice, even recommendations? I am interested in both digital and print publishing. Am looking, for instance, at Amazon for Kindle, Nook books, Lulu, CreateSpace, PubIt! and Smashwords. Are there any roads I should not go down? Thank you so much for your time. Cynthia Williams I am exploring self-publishing options. I am overwhelmed. Can you offer any advice, even recommendations? I am interested in both digital and print publishing. Am looking, for instance, at Amazon for Kindle, Nook books, Lulu, CreateSpace, PubIt! and Smashwords. Are there any roads I should not go down?

Thank you so much for your time.

Cynthia Williams

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