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Category Archives: Self-Publishing
Self-Publishing: Art or Business?
The very idea of “book marketing” is vague. It’s like subsuming advertising and fine art sales into a single realm of “image marketing.” And in tacking marketing on as the de facto second phase of writing a book, a lot of worthy artists’ resources are placed in jeopardy. Continue reading
Recent Publishing News Recap from TheWorldsGreatestBook.com
Self-publishing has seen a host of new eBook technologies announced in recent days. Moves to apply sales tax to digital downloads will soon impact publishers’ pricing and revenue models. Amazon’s announcement of new tools and support for new features in … Continue reading
KF8 EBook Tools and Documents Released by Amazon
Amazon has released early tools and documents for producing ebooks in the new KF8 format. A more thorough tutorial on KF8 will follow in an upcoming post, but here are links to Amazon’s KF8 tools and documents along with links … Continue reading
WordPress – Websites for Writers and Publishers Part 1
WordPress is a magic web publishing tool perfect for writers and publishers who want to build attractive websites without spending a fortune and build reader communities around their work. This is the first in a series of articles that explain … Continue reading
Writer’s Software Review: AutoCrit Rocks!
Can a computer analysis of your text help you write better? I gave AutoCrit a spin and became a customer. It is often difficult to see mistakes in your own manuscript, but overused adverbs, repeated words, passive writing, too much … Continue reading
Indie Publishers, Bookstores and Readers – the Indie Ecosystem
Indie publishers are everywhere and so are indie bookstores, but apart from their names, the two have little in common. “Independence” is a feelgood concept, but it’s often presented without any reference to that which a publisher or bookstore is independent … Continue reading
Self-Publishing IS Real Publishing-The Difference is up to You
The notion of real publishing as opposed to self-publishing and the stigma surrounding it is obsolete. I have no objections to traditional publishers but every one of them started off as a “self-publisher” with a first book. I have pretty … Continue reading
Should Indie Publishers Lower Their Expectations?
Many authors start down the publishing road believing that printing books is the same as printing money, only to be disappointed by low returns and the amount of work involved. This guest article by novelist, poet and songwriter Richard Geller … Continue reading
The World’s Greatest Book
I‘m Dave Bricker: author of fiction and nonfiction, editor, graphic designer, interactive developer and MFA design educator. I help writers turn well-crafted manuscripts into beautiful, high-quality books. My website offers straight talk for writers about producing and marketing excellent books, … Continue reading
