Whether you’re a budding literary master, an edgy new essayist, or just want to publish your personal memoir for your family, there are a number of self-publishing sites out there that can get a physical book into your hand in a very short amount of time, with little to no monetary investment on your part. They can even help you sell your book online. One of the best and most … [Read more...]
Is Self-Publishing for You? Only if you want to be assured that you will make money from your book
I wrote a book. It was published by a subsidiary of one of the world’s leading publishers. It sold 20,000 copies at $24.95 each, a total market value of almost $500,000. Yet my publisher judged it a failure - and it only netted me $2,311. Yes, you read that right: $2,311. On a book that my publisher made $500,000 (ok only $497,689 after paying the author), I, the author, … [Read more...]
Anyone Can Successfully Publish Through Lulu
Writing and publishing is a process that is both challenging and rewarding for most people, especially for those who are blind and physically disabled, and this is the case with me. Having lost my eyesight at the age of seventeen, I no longer could express myself in my artwork, so I turned to writing to share with others my imagined worlds and creations. I became an author at … [Read more...]