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.
Self-Publishing: Are We There Yet?
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 […]
This Week in the Blogs: April 18 – 24, 2010
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 […]
A Google Toolbox for Authors
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 […]
Author Platform: What Are You Waiting For?
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, […]
This Week in the Blogs: February 8-14, 2010
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 […]
Self-Publishing Resources that Rock—I Guarantee It! (Plus A Bit of Bragging)
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 […]
This Week in the Blogs: December 7 – 13, 2009
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 […]
6 Ways to Jump-Start Your Self-Publishing Career
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 […]