by Joel Friedlander | Oct 5, 2012 | Editorial, Self-Publishing
By Linda Jay Geldens Linda Jay is a very experienced book editor and member of the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA). Her last contribution to the blog was 6 Ways Copyeditors Make Your Book Better. Today she gives us her...
by Joel Friedlander | Jun 25, 2012 | Self-Publishing, Writing
One of the first decisions you have to make when you decide to publish your own book is: Who’s going to turn your manuscript into the book you want it to become? Lots of people decide they can do it themselves, and I’m sure some of them are happy they did....
by Joel Friedlander | May 27, 2012 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Welcome to this issue of the Carnival of the Indies blog carnival. This issue is for May, 2012. We welcome your submissions on topics related to writing, self-publishing, book design or marketing books. A collection of outstanding articles recently posted to blogs,...
by Joel Friedlander | May 25, 2012 | Editorial, Self-Publishing
By Linda Jay Geldens Linda Jay is a very experienced book editor and member of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA). We’ve worked together on a number of book projects, and I asked Linda Jay if she would give readers some advice on one of the...
by Joel Friedlander | Feb 15, 2012 | Editorial, Self-Publishing
Here’s a comment I received on the blog yesterday: … I am a self-publishing enthusiast. I encourage newbies to publish for free by doing everything themselves… I believe the majority of those “millions” of writers are amateurs who will be...