One of the most interesting stories in Dan Poynter’s Self-Publishing Manual is how he became a book publisher. As an avid parachute jumper, Dan looked for but could not find a good basic manual for the new people coming into his sport. Eventually he wrote one and sold it to other parachuting clubs.
But what was [...]
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I’m working on a lovely book of inspirational verse and color photographs, and in order to proof the book and get some Advance Reader Copies, I’m using Blurb.com, who specializes in color books just like this.
I’ve seen books from Blurb before, and they look quite good considering they are digital. They can’t compare directly with [...]
I wasn’t sure what kind of turnout we would have at today’s monthly meeting of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association. After all, just 20 minutes away the San Francisco Writer’s Conference was a sell-out, so we had schedule conflict.
But the meeting was one of our biggest of the year, with many new faces. As [...]
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 [...]
I’ve been researching what the best practices are these days for copyright, and I’ll be writing about them in articles soon. But one area of copyright is really difficult to understand for most publishers, and for bloggers too for that matter. And that is: What constitutes “fair use”?
To answer this question I’m very fortunate to [...]
This seems to be a week for letters. Yesterday, in response to an inquiry, I decided to respond with as much detail as possible about what I do, how the process works, what it costs, and what clients can do to control that cost. It seems to me like a basic communication to have with [...]
It’s not a small thing to write a book, to actually complete the project. Maybe it’s a novel you’ve worked on for years, going through revision after revision to polish it to perfection. Or perhaps you’ve put together a book of lessons you’ve drawn from your life, or a detailed history of your hometown.
You’ve had [...]
Podcast: What Every Self-Publisher Ought to Know About Editing [8:16]
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New self-publishers are often confused about how the editorial process works. They want to know what takes place at each stage of their book’s [...]
