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Review: The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing by Marilyn Ross and Sue Collier

by Joel Friedlander on July 28, 2010 17 Comments

The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing by Marilyn Ross and Sue Collier is an update of a self-publishing classic, and highly recommended. It provides a practical overview to the writing, publishing and selling of an author’s own book.

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Self-Publishing Tagged With: April L. Hamilton, Dan Poynter, Marilyn Ross, Self-Publishing Resources, Sue Collier, The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing, Tom Ross, Writers Digest

Self-Publishing: Are We There Yet?

by Joel Friedlander on May 3, 2010 35 Comments

Yesterday’s New York Times Magazine had a brief and cheery write up by Virginia Heffernan in a section called The Medium. Heffernan uses the release of last year’s numbers of books published to contrast the self-publishers of old, disrespected by the marketplace for their odd, not “booky” books, with the situation today. I also covered […]

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: April L. Hamilton, book publishing, Marin IJ, New York Times, Publishers Weekly, self publish book, self publishing, Virginia Heffernan

This Week in the Blogs: April 18 – 24, 2010

by Joel Friedlander on April 25, 2010 2 Comments

This week we’ve got a lot of marketing and more. Every one is a good read, and don’t miss Ken Auletta’s article from the New Yorker to get a new perspective on the ongoing battles at the convergence of media and technology. Have fun. Penny Sansevieri on Author Marketing Experts Blog Why Your Book Isn’t […]

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: April L. Hamilton, BookBuzzr, Jane Friedman, Ken Auletta, Mick Rooney, Ranga, Richard Curtis

A Google Toolbox for Authors

by Joel Friedlander on March 10, 2010 16 Comments

Google. Just the name conjures up images of the search giant, or its project to scan millions of books, or its Android operating system for phones, or… And that’s just the problem. Google continues to spread into more and more aspects of online life. It’s grown so that it’s difficult to keep up with all […]

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media, Writing Tagged With: April L. Hamilton, Google, self-publisher resources, toolbox for authors

Author Platform: What Are You Waiting For?

by Joel Friedlander on March 2, 2010 83 Comments

A famous and often repeated piece of advice to writers is: The time to start working on your author platform is three years before your book is published. I’ve repeated this to several clients, and it usually leaves them staring blankly into space. And yet there is a great deal of wisdom in this statement, […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Self-Publishing, Writing Tagged With: April L. Hamilton, author platform, Christina Katz, Jane Friedman, Joanna Penn, Rachelle Gardner, Self-publisher marketing, sell books

This Week in the Blogs: February 8-14, 2010

by Joel Friedlander on February 14, 2010 7 Comments

Some interesting reading this week. Enjoy! Pablo Defendini on The New Sleekness On Production. “It absolutely boggles my mind that, at this late stage in the game, publishers still consider themselves somehow exempt from the repercussions of the digital revolution.” JA Konrath on A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing You Can Pry My Ebooks From My […]

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: April L. Hamilton, Darryl Sloan, JA Konrath, Mick Rooney, Pablo Defendini

Self-Publishing Resources that Rock—I Guarantee It! (Plus A Bit of Bragging)

by Joel Friedlander on December 23, 2009 1 Comment

As the year winds down even us publishing folk get distracted by holiday shopping, shoveling snow, trying to find parking at the mall, and all the other wonderful ways we spend our time the last couple of weeks of the year. But this seems like a perfect time to catch you up on two of […]

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media, Writing Tagged With: April L. Hamilton, Henry Baum, ISBN, Publetariat, Self Publishing Review

This Week in the Blogs: December 7 – 13, 2009

by Joel Friedlander on December 13, 2009 3 Comments

As people start to turn their attention to the holiday season, travel arrangements, last-minute shopping, and the celebration of Hannukah starting this week, it’s been a bit quieter in the blogosphere. Here are the blogs that caught my eye this week. I’m always interested in your own finds, so share the wealth, and enjoy! Around […]

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: April L. Hamilton, Kassia Krozser, Mike Shatzkin, Moriah Jovan, Shannon Peil, Tania McCartney

6 Ways to Jump-Start Your Self-Publishing Career

by Joel Friedlander on December 8, 2009 14 Comments

For some authors, making the leap into self-publishing is an easy and natural extension of their past activities. For others the move can seem strange and overwhelming. Since we know it’s hard to do right by your book if you’re feeling overwhelmed, it makes sense to try to set yourself up to succeed. If you’ve […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Self-Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: April L. Hamilton, BAIPA, Business, Christy Pinheiro, Dan Poynter, IBPA, JA Konrath, John Kremer, Self-Publishing

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