Category Archives: Self Publishing

Covers Sell Books

Packaging is everything. Each year, corporations spend more than $50 billion on product packaging and design. $50 billion, not for the products themselves or for the wrapper but $50 billion just for the design of the wrapper. Everyone judges a book by its cover. No one reads the book before they make a buying decision….

Self-Publishing Questions to Ask Yourself

When I meet with authors who are thinking about self-publishing, I ask a lot of questions. I need to find out what their goals are, and how they expect to achieve them. This talk is very useful for the rest of the project of getting their book into print. If you’re thinking about self-publishing for…

Self-Publishing Lessons

Writing a book was the last thing that I thought I would ever do, until a thoughtless, throwaway comment from a friend changed me, and I felt the urgent need to write about it. “You must be relieved,” she said just after I had arrived home from dropping my teenage son, who has autism, at…

Independent Publishers, Meet Independent Readers

What if? What if the only movies you could see were big Hollywood blockbusters? What if the only food you could eat was the stuff found at those big franchise places? And what if the only books you could read were those over-stuffed bestsellers, pumped out by traditional publishers and pushed by the big-box bookstores…for…

Self Publishing – You Can Do It!

I’ve spent the time, I’ve given my energy and heart, and I’ve written a book.  Now how do I get it published?  These are the very words I said to myself after staring at the computer screen just past midnight almost two years since I had started typing all 356 pages of my book. I knew…

How to Promote a Self-Published eBook

One of the most-asked questions I get from writers who have never written and published an eBook before is, “How would you promote a self-published eBook?  Where would you go to even begin selling a product that hasn’t the backup from a traditional or otherwise publisher?” Well, that’s two, but many writers balk at attempting…

Self-Publishing Your Novel

When authors receive rejection after rejection from agents and publishers, they may decide to take matters into their own hands and self-publish their works. Many authors, however, choose to self-publish because they want to be in control of the publishing process, not because they were unable to attract a book publisher. If you’re thinking of…

How Self Publishing Saved My Life

Imagine the relief and personal satisfaction that sets in when you overcome a life’s hurdle and the change in feelings that occur when a book you have toiled to write is finally published.

Self-Publishing Success: How You Can Earn $30,000 a Month with POD Publishing

Turn to self-publishing, publish your own book, your own way…

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…