Since the launch of Amazon KDP in 2007, the publishing giant-slash-mega-retailer has carved out a substantial corner in the self-publishing market. Despite Amazon’s seemingly impenetrable market share, more companies have entered the self-publishing game and are...
Perhaps we shouldn’t judge book by their covers, but we can certainly learn a thing or two from them. In fact, there are many design lessons to be learned from well-crafted book covers, and the Harry Potter book covers are among some of the best. So what can we...
Are you self-publishing your book and looking for ways to trim expenses? Book printing costs can create a huge dent in your publishing budget. Below we’ll take a look at the different areas of book publishing that can be considered when trying to reduce printing costs...
If you’ve been writing for any length of time, you’ve probably encountered the dreaded writer’s block. While there are countless tips out there that claim to help you get over writer’s block, there’s one tried-and-true technique I’ve used to get past my own writer’s...
Standing out as a newly self-published author can be challenging even for the most gifted writers. How do you find your first readers? How do find enough of those readers to actually make your self-publishing career financially viable? It seems like if you ask ten...
