by Joel Friedlander | Jan 13, 2011 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
Case Study: Quiet Americans: Stories by Erika Dreifus Design Brief: The author is a short story writer and a contributing editor for The Writer magazine and Fiction Writers Review and an advisory board member for J Journal: New Writing on Justice. Erika’s writing...
by Joel Friedlander | Jan 2, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
The year has turned, and with it there’s been an uptick in the talk about self-publishing. Maybe it’s the year-end summing up that writers like to do, or the massive move to ebooks this Christmas, but there is more to read this week than usual. And...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 29, 2010 | Marketing, Self-Publishing
Do you read blog comments? Sometimes that’s the most interesting part of the post. Recently I read an interesting comment on the article Literary agents open the door to self-published writers by Alan Rinzler and published on his blog, The Book Deal. The comment...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 3, 2010 | Book Design, Samples, Self-Publishing
Case Study: Courage and Croissants: Inspiring Joyful Living, A Story and Life Guidebook, by Suzanne Saxe-Roux, Ed.D. and Jean P. Roux, Ph.D. Design brief: Create a hybrid book design for a manuscript that is two-thirds narrative, and one-third a sort of self-help...
by Joel Friedlander | Sep 10, 2010 | Book Printing, Self-Publishing
Soon there will be another meeting of the indie publishing group I attend nearby. The first hour will be for Q & A. At least one-third of the attendees will be new to the meeting. One of the first questions will be about print-on-demand—digital printing...