In this article I’m going to show you how to get a copyright application, fill it out, determine how much to pay, and exactly how to send your application and books into the Copyright Office. This is not a difficult process, but since you’re dealing with your creative work and the government at the same [...]
From the category archives:
Writing
The thing about pizza is that it has so few ingredients. How does a crust so sublime in its best examples, crispy, even shatteringly crisp and blistered and colorful on the outside, chewy and toothsome and substantial on the inside, and able to complement such an incredible variety of toppings, from pine nuts to pesto, [...]
I’ve been having a regular correspondence with my friend and writing instructor Suzanne Murray about the relationship of writers to publishing, and how to best understand the situation they face today. Recently, Suzanne sent me another question:
Why would a writer want to self publish? And what kind of work is especially suited to self publishing?
Here’s [...]
Several years ago I returned to writing after an absence of many years. Hard to believe now, but I had found other channels for creativity over the years—as a designer, a teacher and a cook—but the central importance writing had never diminished. There was only one problem: I didn’t enjoy writing.
Oh, I had written plenty, [...]
Off-Topic is my chance on Saturdays to stray away from the world of books and publishing for a few minutes to look in a different direction.
I was listening to Michael Dunlop interview internet marketer Yanik Silver on his Income Diary Blog. At one point Silver said
…everyone has heard this saying: “you hand a man a [...]
Saturday morning is the monthly meeting of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association, and I’ll be there as usual checking in with the other independent publishers, aspiring authors, self-publishers, publishing services operators and assorted interested others on the state of play in indie publishing today.
Later on Saturday I’ll post from the Q & A session, [...]
Let’s face it: book publishing can be a complex business. No matter what part of publishing you’re in, if you deal with books there are editorial schedules, publication dates, production timelines and details, details, details to keep track of. Staying organized is really crucial if you want to keep your sanity.
Everyone has their own workflow [...]
The effort involved in self-publishing is never trivial. But there’s a chance that, in the end, you might discover the secret to successful self publishing. That’s what happened to me, and I’m going to tell you how I discovered it.
The Journey to this Point
Of course, even to get to the point of having a book [...]
