by Joel Friedlander | Dec 7, 2011 | Marketing, Self-Publishing
As self-publishing a book has become more accepted and far more popular than it has ever been, book awards for self-published books have also multiplied. These awards are popular and as regular as the seasons. For the less scrupulous, it looks like an excellent way to...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 6, 2011 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
Sunday’s New York Times carried an article by Julie Bosman (“Selling Old-Style Books by Their Gilded Covers”) that struck a familiar chord. In it Bosman describes how traditional publishers have started to lavish attention on the physical...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 5, 2011 | Marketing, Self-Publishing, Social Media
Ed: We have a winner! Melissa K. Norris, novelist (@MelissaKNorris) is the lucky winner, in a random drawing, of a free copy of Dana Lynn Smith’s Virtual Book Tour Magic. Congratulations, Melissa! Last week I had the chance to experience a book tour first hand,...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 4, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
The year is rushing away with all due speed, yet there’s a lot left to do for all of us, I’m sure. But first, take a few minutes to check out these outstanding articles on developmental editing, the self-publishing wars, using social media, an innovative...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 2, 2011 | Editorial
by David Carr David Carr is an experienced book editor and friend from the San Francisco Bay Area here in California. His first article for TheBookDesigner was The No-Stress Way for Writers to Outline. Today he tackles the thorny issue of dealing with the first...
