Tips for Self Publishing Your Book
If you want to self-publish, or otherwise pay for publication, there are many choices, all dictated by your budget and your reasons for wanting to self-publish. But understand this: You are only self-publishing if you own the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) on the book. This means that you’ve gone to www.ISBN.org and purchased a [...]
A Guide to Self-Publishing
You’ve made the decision to self-publish your manuscript as it nears completion. You recognize that it will require far more effort than simply turning your manuscript over to a POD house, but you also realize that the financial return can be far greater. However, it does require an outlay of money up front.
Self-publishing is growing [...]
Naming Your Book Publishing Company
When you decide to start a publishing company, one of your first tasks will be to choose a good name for your new business. Whether you plan to publish a few of your own books, or grow your new baby to a giant publishing conglomerate, your company name can be an asset or an obstacle. [...]
Self-Publishing Is Not Your Parents’ Vanity Press
Self-publishing today takes many forms but it is definitely not restricted to the old vanity press model where you paid for thousands of books that you then stacked in your garage.
Make Sure Your Book Has Potential Before Writing It!
“Crazy” Lives
We’ve all known people who talk about their “crazy” lives, which, 99 out of 100, is just a life like most other lives, or, at the very least, certainly not some Oprah-worthy existence. They exclaim, “I should write a book; no one would believe it.”
Yeah, and no offense, but I’d wager no one would [...]
Eight Mistakes Self-Publishers Make — and How to Avoid Them!
Mistake #1. You wrote an unnecessary book
Harsh? Perhaps. Honest. Absolutely. Are there already 20 titles on your non-fiction subject? Does the world really need a 21st? If so, how is yours different? Put another way, write a book people will want to read. No books on your subject? That could be good or could mean [...]
Why Print-on-Demand is the Right Choice
As a writer there are certain accomplishments that feel like no other and having a book published is certainly one of them. There is nothing so gratifying as holding your own book in your hands and the satisfaction of knowing that others will be reading your work. Years ago, many thought that the only respectable [...]
Are Self-Publishing Companies “Cheating” by Removing the Hurdles to Get Your Books Published Faster?
In spite of growing evidence that self-publishing is poised to replace (or at least match) traditional publishing in the future, many conventionally published authors (and those striving to become such) still view self-publishing with contempt. They feel self-publishing companies and those authors who choose to use them are “cheating” somehow. After all, getting a book [...]
Book Distributors and Self-Publishing with Dan Poynter
Dan Poynter fell into publishing. He spent eight years researching a labor of love. Realizing that no publisher would be interested in a technical treatise on the parachute, he went directly to a printer. The orders poured in, and the author was suddenly a publisher.
Dan has since produced over 80 books and revisions, some of [...]
How to Turn One Book Into a Full-Time Living
“The only reason to self-publish is because you can’t land a publisher.”
Call me crazy, but for me, self-publishing was the first choice. I wanted to keep control of the project and timetable, keep the rights, and, most importantly, keep most of the profits. How did it turn out?
A Full-Time Income
For over four years, my [...]
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