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Inkitt.com’s “Darkest Place” Horror Writing Contest

The World's Greatest Book Posted on February 4, 2015 by Dave BrickerFebruary 4, 2015

inkittInkitt.com is an interesting new online platform where writers post their best work and readers find stories to engage with. Inkit’s free contest opened February 2, 2015, and the horror theme is, “You are in the darkest place in the world.” Submit short stories: blood-curdlers, spine-tinglers, skin-crawlers, and hair-raisers to share your writing, scare readers, and win great prizes like Amazon gift cards, custom notebooks and mugs, and story covers!

Vote for your favorites at http://www.inkitt.com/darkestplace and submit your stories. You’ll find a chapter from my memoir already submitted.

Posted in Publishing News, Websites for Writers and Publishers

September Publishing and EBook Workshops in Miami

The World's Greatest Book Posted on August 14, 2014 by Dave BrickerAugust 14, 2014

Dave Bricker—award-winning author, book coach, designer, and creator of the PubML™ eBook platform—will offer two September workshops in Miami, Florida.

 

The free “All About Publishing” workshop on Tuesday, September 2nd covers writing, editing, book design, and how to distribute your book on popular retail sites. Learn about copyright, print on demand, ISBN numbers, and how to avoid publishing scams—everything you need to publish an excellent book. Continue reading →

Posted in Event, Publishing News, Self-Publishing

Co-Publishing – Alternative Path or Another Trap for Writers?

The World's Greatest Book Posted on March 11, 2013 by Dave BrickerMarch 11, 2013

co-publishI recently published a post about the difference between vanity publishing and true self-publishing. Fundamentally, the article defines a publisher as “someone who takes the risk on a book.” Vanity Presses represent themselves as publishers and accept royalties while the author assumes all the risk. True self-publishers pay the up-front costs for design, printing, distribution, etc. but after the sales commissions are paid, they don’t have to share their profits. But several readers wrote in to suggest I’d omitted a third approach—co-publishing. This article explains what co-publishing is and what it isn’t.

Co-Publishing – What it Is NOT

At first, I mistakenly assumed that co-publishing was an arrangement where the author published under the “self-publishing” wing of a major publisher. For example Penguin Books started a Book Country imprint which has been criticized as a vanity press that preys on authors who want to be “affiliated” with the publishing leviathan. But writers don’t have to work very hard to earn pseudo “Published by Penguin” status. Penguin’s parent company, Pearson, purchased Author Solutions which is the umbrella entity under which most of the major vanity presses operate. Penguin risks the dilution of their brand—their respected role as gatekeeper—by admitting anyone who wants to publish through the side door, and authors are unlikely to sell many books by playing the phony “published by Penguin” card, anyway. If Penguin thought your book was a potential blockbuster, they’d sign you directly and send you an advance. But though Penguin’s business tactics are newsworthy, pretending to ride the coattails of a major publisher by vanity publishing through one of their holdings is NOT co-publishing.

Co-Publishing – What it IS

Publishing on any level has risk associated with it; money is spent to bring a manuscript to market with the understanding that profits may not exceed expenditures. Traditional publishers assume all the risk; they pay the writer an advance against royalties and cover all the costs of marketing. Self-publishers cover their own costs. They assume all the risks and take home a much larger share of the profit (if there is any).

But what about a third arrangement where the author and publisher share the risks? For example, a small publisher may not be in a financial position to pay advances against royalties but it may be able to provide editing, design services, and publishing expertise—valuable contributions that writers often lack the skills and experience to handle on their own. Potentially, a co-publishing arrangement is worth a piece of the prospective future pie. Continue reading →

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