by Joel Friedlander | May 23, 2012 | Self-Publishing
By Cali Gilbert You’ll read below how I came to meet Cali at a local publisher’s meeting, but what’s way more impressive to me is the way Cali has persevered to publish the books of her dreams, and how that has had an amazing impact on her life. When...
by Joel Friedlander | May 5, 2011 | Self-Publishing
This week the Indepedent Book Publishers Association posted their list of finalists for the 2011 Benjamin Franklin Awards, a keenly-anticipated event throughout the indie publishing world. IBPA is the largest not-for-profit trade association representing independent...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 3, 2010 | Marketing, Self-Publishing, Writing
Regular readers might remember the story of Tom Millea and the design and production of his photography book, The Book of Palms Right around the time I posted that article, Tom had a major bash to launch his book. Although I wasn’t able to attend, it sounded...
by Joel Friedlander | Oct 5, 2010 | Book Design, Book Printing, Self-Publishing
Something that’s obvious to me now is that when you start to participate in social media, you come in contact with a lot of the loose ends from your life. I’m thinking of Facebook. Within a few hours of signing up for Facebook in 2009, I had heard from a...