By Lee Foster Few tasks concentrate the mind more than an assignment to give a 5-minute talk on a publishing panel. Recently, my assignment was: “Lee, since you’ve done books both self-published and with traditional publishers, what are the prospects for both...
We all know there’s a huge amount of information about self-publishing out there, just the other end of a Google search. Service providers, print on demand vendors, book and ebook distributors, and lots and lots of authors have been contributing to this vast...
At last week’s excellent San Francisco Writing For Change Conference, I was honored to sit on several panels where the participants attempted to help authors navigate the often rocky trail to publication. Many of the authors in attendance were firmly set on...
By Michael J. Dowling with Carol White I met Michael J. Dowling through the blog and his very useful newsletter for authors. A ghostwriter and editor, Michael was formerly the president of a publishing company, the author of three books of his own, and an accomplished...
I had a daydream the other day. I was working on a mindmap. (Do you know what a mindmap is? Until quite recently I was woefully ignorant of this incredible organizing tool. More to come.) The title I had given the mindmap was “Simple Steps to Self-Publishing...