Not exact matches
Insights into my some of my activities and processes: (top to bottom) Recipe Inspiration / / Creative food & craft Workshops / / Wholeplus Toppers / / Recipe books and Workbooks / / UK Raw Retreat
Experience / / Group Challenges / /
Published articles &
Author / / Recipe development & photography collaborations / / Wellness Retreats overseas / / Talks & demos to groups / / I designed #sharethelove letters / / Extreme
self empowerment: I'm a qualified fire walk instructor!
Guest contributors provide useful insight into their
experience as an indie
author and with the
self -
publishing publishing process.
Balboa Press
authors who'd like to share a 350 - 600 word
experience related to the
self -
publishing of their books are invited to do so through the submission form on the Guidelines page.
With over fifteen years of
experience in the book business, she helps aspiring
authors navigate the mysterious labyrinth of
self publishing to leverage their expertise and make money.
< And in our preparatory column to last week's Issues on the Ether column for our #EtherIssue live discussion, Bringing Tools of the Trade to
Self -
Publishing, we askwed our readers to talk with us about what tools entrepreneurial
authors need most; to what degree those tools can be as much of a burden as a help if they slow down writers with steep learning curves; how well the commercial world seems to be responding so far to the needs of entrepreneurial
authors; and what kind of results they're seeing from their own
experiences and experiments with new tools.
The collegiality of fellow
authors and the sincere interaction with editors and a production team that he
experienced during the last year not only isn't available to
self - publishers, it typically isn't available with the monolithic large
publishing houses either.
At
Self -
Publishing Relief, we know that indie authors who do their homework are less likely to go through disheartening and / or expensive publishing ex
Publishing Relief, we know that indie
authors who do their homework are less likely to go through disheartening and / or expensive
publishing ex
publishing experiences.
What
authors are
experiencing right now in the
self publishing arena sort of reminds me of the recent housing bubble.
Award - winning
author Martha Conway shares her
experience self -
publishing for the first time and shares tips and lessons learned.
Do not make the mistake of many
self -
publishing authors who hire a professional editor but then have their book designed by a family member with little or no book
experience.
Author Mark Edwards pointed out that even in
self -
publishing — especially through White Glove service provided only to agents by Amazon — his
experience of being agented has been important:
The truth has always been that most trad
published books are damp squibs (speaking from
experience), but
self -
publishing has allowed
authors to give readers what they want to read instead of what agents and publishers think they want to read.
This quote is interesting in that, being an
experienced self -
published author, Lyons should recognize that there are hundreds of talented freelance editors at her disposal for
self -
publishing, and a contract with Minotaur Press didn't suddenly tap into a specialized resource.
New York Times bestselling steampunk / fantasy
author Gail Carriger joined us this week to talk about writing and marketing for traditionally
published novels as well as her
experiences self -
publishing novellas and short stories.
Recently on my my blog I interview two
self published authors and vas very impressed with their
experience.
But I will say that independent bookstores, for the most part, are still not very welcoming to
self -
published authors, in my
experience.
Repeat readers who purchase a
self -
published book because they've enjoyed the
author's other titles have reported that they enjoy the continuous reading
experience.
Self -
published authors who've
experienced a measure of success in their writing careers often cite the usual reasons for their decisions to
publish independently.
Balboa Press
authors who'd like to share a 350 - 600 word
experience related to the
self -
publishing of their books are invited to do so by the submission form on the Guidelines page.
A recent trend we at Jera
Publishing have been
experiencing is the desire for
authors to
self -
publish illustrated children's books.
Finding the perfect book idea and taking it from idea to
published book means a months - long process and beating the
self - defeating voices that snag even the most
experienced authors.
«At the same time, both
authors who
self -
publish and firms of all sizes who produce digital content recognize the need for maintaining high quality throughout the
publishing process, and thus are choosing to seek out
experienced vendors so they don't have to go it alone.»
Terry Hawkins talks about her
experiences as a
self -
published author and her transition to becoming a traditionally
published author with Berrett - Koehler
Publishing.
1 min readLast week,
author Jay Nachlis dropped by the Lulu office to talk about his
experience writing and
self -
publishing his memoir «Never Trust a Grown Man with a Ponytail: How a Regular Guy Lived a Rockstar Life.»
The following Top 11
Self -
Publishing Boo - Boo list has been collected from both our personal
experiences and
authors who have made these mistakes and come to us to fix them.
Today we interviewed epic fantasy
author Jeffrey M. Poole on his
experiences with
self -
publishing, some of the mistakes he wish he hadn't made when he got started, and growing a rabid fan base that's always hungry for the next book.
And recently, I've been freelance editing and proofreading for Penguin Canada and Harbour
Publishing in Vancouver; as a result, my experience encompasses the entire spectrum of freelance editing, from working closely with self - publishing authors to working with established authors using the processes and methods common to a big publish
Publishing in Vancouver; as a result, my
experience encompasses the entire spectrum of freelance editing, from working closely with
self -
publishing authors to working with established authors using the processes and methods common to a big publish
publishing authors to working with established
authors using the processes and methods common to a big
publishingpublishing house.
As part of the release of her fifth novel FOUND, Melissa has offered to share a few of her book
publishing experiences, some marketing tips and the things she's learnt along the way: In 2013 I attended a writer's workshop in my beautiful coastal hometown of Merimbula, Australia, and met an
author who was at the forefront of
self -
publishing Read More
Last week I shared a
self -
publishing experience with one of our
authors in regard to our Custom Cover option and how she received two fantastic concepts to choose from.
Balboa Press
authors who'd like to share a 350 - 600 word
experience related to the
self -
publishing of their books are invited to do so by emailing
[email protected].
Simon & Schuster, a company with nearly 90 years of
publishing experience, has teamed up with Author Solutions, the leading self - publishing company worldwide, to create Archway P
publishing experience, has teamed up with
Author Solutions, the leading
self -
publishing company worldwide, to create Archway P
publishing company worldwide, to create Archway
PublishingPublishing.
At
Self -
Publishing Relief, we have over twenty years of
experience working with
authors.
Self -
published authors are subject to the same rules about adult filtering that Ellora's Cave
experienced.
Balboa Press
authors who'd like to share a 350 - 600 word
experience related to the
self -
publishing of their books, are invited to do so by sending a message through our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/BalboaPress, by tweeting us at @BalboaPress, or by emailing blog @ balboapress.com.
His unique
experience as both a
published author himself and an executive in
self -
publishing gives him exceptional insight into what
authors want and need, which translates directly into how he runs his
author - centric
publishing company.
Ben Cameron is the founder of Cameron Publicity and Marketing and has over 20 years»
experience in book publicity, marketing,
publishing and sales with both traditional publishers and
self -
published authors.
Balboa Press
authors who'd like to share a 350 - 600 word
experience related to the
self -
publishing of their books, are invited to do so by sending a message through our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/BalboaPress, by tweeting us @BalboaPress, or by emailing dghosh @ balboapress.com.
By Ron Pramschufer, President,
Self Publishing, Inc. - Helping
Authors Become Publishers since 1995 A few years back President Bill Clinton made one of the few statements that I agreed with over his eight year term as President and that was that anyone over the age of 50 owed it to his family to record their life
experiences and pass it on to the next generation.
BookWorks
authors are encouraged to share their
experiences in
self -
publishing in our new Notes from the Field series, so send us your ideas at
[email protected].
Contact your public library and offer to conduct a seminar on
self -
publishing or lead a discussion about your
author experience.
I have first - hand
experience of the end - to - end
self -
publishing process, and my involvement with the Alliance of Independent
Authors has highlighted what a supportive and collaborative environment Indie
Authors have created.
I am confident that the books that you
publish yourself will be of the highest quality, unfortunately that hasn't always been my
experience... and I'm not talking newbie
self -
published authors either, but NY pubbed
authors.
Take heart, though: many
authors — myself included — have traveled this path before and can speak from
experience about the dos and don'ts of successful
self -
publishing.
I enjoyed the DBW survey results which shed light on the
experiences of the
self -
published, traditional and hybrid
authors.
Meanwhile,
authors who
self -
publish are honing both their writing and marketing skills on a smaller stage, so if and when they're picked up by a publisher, they have the proper
experience to reach out to the broader audience that the publisher will expose them to.
What is clear by comparing these pictures is that we have
experience in our corner, as you will see many of the same people year after year, a testament to their
experience and joy in helping
self -
publishing authors reach their goals: Between 2012 and 2011 the following people joined us for both parties: Back Row: Shirley, Ellen, Patrick, Donna, Cindy, Tony, and Brent.
Rhonda Hopkins is a
self -
published author from Texas with two decades of
experience working within the Family Court system.
Our goal is to get to know you as an
author and as a person, and to make the
experience of
self -
publishing a book as easy and enjoyable as possible.
Having worked with hundreds of
authors over the course of over ten years, we have the
experience to help you navigate the
self -
publishing process, produce a book you'll be proud of, and, ultimately, bring your dream of authorship to fruition.
Whether you're a first - time
author or an
experienced veteran; whether your book is
self -
published or traditionally -
published; whether you write fiction or non-fiction, Sell Your Book Like Wildfire is your surefire guide for book marketing success!