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Who’s Your Distributor: Smashwords or Draft2Digital?

by Jason Matthews on June 25, 2014 46 Comments

Who’s Your Distributor: Smashwords or Draft2Digital? by Jason Matthews compares the pros and cons of distributing books through Smashwords and Draft2Digital.

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book distribution, Jason Matthews, self publishing

The Readers Haven’t Gone Away

by Joel Friedlander on June 7, 2013 11 Comments

The Readers Haven’t Gone Away quotes from Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s blog and decides it’s a great time to be an author

Filed Under: Self-Publishing Tagged With: book distribution, book publishing, indie author, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, self publishing

Wednesday Mailbag: Answers to 18 Self-Publishing Questions

by Joel Friedlander on May 22, 2013 25 Comments

18 Self-Publishing Questions and Answers about ISBN, copyright, print on demand, ebooks, book distribution, blogging, book marketing

Filed Under: Legal Issues, Self-Publishing Tagged With: blogging, book distribution, book marketing, copyright, eBooks, ISBN, print on demand, Q&A, self publishing

Video: Bookstore Distribution

by Joel Friedlander on July 27, 2012 42 Comments

Video: Bookstore Distribution discusses the three key elements that have to line up correctly to get bookstore distribution right.

Filed Under: Marketing, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book distribution, book marketing, book publishing, publishing a book, self publishing, video, wholesalers

Answers to Book Discount Questions

by Joel Friedlander on April 6, 2012 25 Comments

Answers to Book Discount Questions for Self-Publishers recounts recent conversations and answers questions for self-publishers about book discounts

Filed Under: Marketing, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book discounts, book distribution, book distributor, book marketing, book wholesaler, Gary Roberts, James Byrd, publishing a book, self publishing

Video: Brian Felsen of BookBaby.com on the Future of e-Books

by Joel Friedlander on January 3, 2012 17 Comments

Video: Brian Felsen of BookBaby.com on the Future of e-Books in discussion with Joel Friedlander from the Book Designer blog.

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers, Interviews, Self-Publishing, Video Tagged With: book distribution, BookBaby, Brian Felsen, e-book, eBooks, publishing a book

Print on Demand and Book Distribution Guides

by Joel Friedlander on November 2, 2011 1 Comment

Print on Demand and Book Distribution Guides are new parts of the Self-Publisher’s Quick & Easy Guides, targeted information resources for self-publishers

Filed Under: Book Production, Reports, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book distribution, discounts, dowloads, PDF, print on demand, Self-Publisher's Quick & Easy Guides, self-publishing information

When Big Book Publishers Win

by Joel Friedlander on June 15, 2011 20 Comments

When Big Publishers Win, because some books are not good candidates for self-publishing.

Filed Under: Self-Publishing Tagged With: author, book distribution, book publishing, publish a book, self publishing, self-publish

e-Book Sales on Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch: A 73-Second Seminar

by Joel Friedlander on May 26, 2011 14 Comments

Book Sales on Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch: A 73-Second Seminar covers working with e-book retailers or working through a distributor or aggregator

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers, Marketing, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Apple, apps, book distribution, book marketing, e-books, ebook readers, ePub, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

4 Solutions to the Book Discount System

by Joel Friedlander on April 13, 2011 13 Comments

4 Solutions to the Book Discount System including ignoring it, using print on demand, printing by offset, and signing with a book distributior

Filed Under: Book Production, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book distribution, book publishing, discount schedule, Lightning Source, offset printing, print on demand, publish a book, self publishing

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