April was also the founder of publetariat.com, a site for indie authors as well the Publetariat Vault matching
self published authors with agents, and the Vault University.
I've read these tips for
self published authors with absolutely no inside connections but it is quite refreshing to read it from an industry professional whose been at it for a while.
As
a self publishing author with my own website http://ipornographerbooks.com/Home.php I wonder if I could make extra cash this way?
I'm
a self published author with traditionally published peers.
Here is another update from our upcoming «Facebook Achievements» functionality that we are launching soon for
self publishing authors with Outskirts Press:
Sandra N. Peoples is
a self published author with a business brain.
Not exact matches
It's never been easier to be a
self -
published author, but
with democratization comes issues of trust: How do you know where to start?
His company takes
authors from blank page to
published in 90 days,
with courses on how to
self -
publish.
As the CEO of the
Author Incubator, Lauria and her team provide aspiring
authors with guidance on how to write and
publish their own books — whether that's through
self -
publishing or through her company.
It is also playing catch up
with Amazon by selling more and more books from
self -
published authors, both on - line and in its retail outlets.
The book was originally
published in 1812 to provide the
author's sons
with lessons in morality and
self - reliance.
She is an internationally
published author on the topics of raising children
with difficult and severe behaviors, understanding the parent's reactivity when challenged in the home, and
self - development.
I've used Dog Ear
with some success and no problems, but their cost keeps increasing, and I've
self -
published chapbooks
with Diggy Pod, and have been highly satisfied
with those projects, although they are not set up to help
authors market their works.
I usually suggest that
authors start by investigating the free or low - cost services
with good reputations in the
self - pub community: Createspace, IngramSpark, and Lulu if they want to do print as well as ebooks, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and the direct - to - ereading - device services (Amazon's Kindle Direct
Publishing, Barnes & Noble's Nook Press, and Kobo's Kobo Writing Life) if they want to do an ebook only.
Each year, we help thousands of
authors with the precise services they need to
publish novels, how - to and
self - help titles, memoirs, children's books, poetry and short - story collections.
A noticeable trend found throughout is that after finding success
with self -
publishing, these
authors were approached by a traditional publisher, signing several million dollar deals in cases.
This isn't a bad thing as
self -
publishing offers many advantages, and in a lot of cases, successful
self -
published authors are offered contracts
with publishers because of their existing
author platforms as they've proven their appeal.
When I first decided to become an independent
author and
self -
publish after having gone the trad route
with nonfiction and made a few attempts to go the trad route for fiction, I knew next - to - nothing about the social media circus I was about to join.
Earlier this year,
Author Solutions acquired another one of its competitors, Xlibris; entered partnerships
with traditional publishers Thomas Nelson and Harlequin to create
self -
publishing imprints; and partnered
with Sony to make all of their books available as eBooks.
Conversley, publishers and
self publishing authors need to deposit a copy of their work
published in Australia
with the National Library
But, it's important to understand as a new
author that both paths,
self -
publishing and traditional
publishing, are cluttered
with advantages and disadvantages.
We have many accomplished
authors and publishers who are very knowledgeable about all things «
self -
publishing with KDP» whose titles are currently selling in Amazon's Kindle Store.
It's also been integral in promoting
author events, hobnobbing
with other
authors and
self -
publishing experts, and it's just plain fun if used correctly.
Lois Hoffman is the owner of The Happy
Self - Publisher and
author of Write a Book Grow Your Business: Build credibility, establish expertise and develop trust
with your ideal client and The
Self -
Publishing Roadmap: A step - by - step guide to publishing the book of yo
Publishing Roadmap: A step - by - step guide to
publishing the book of yo
publishing the book of your dreams.
Guest contributors provide useful insight into their experience as an indie
author and
with the
self -
publishing publishing process.
Many moons ago, long before I dreamed of seeking fame and fortune as a
self -
published author, back when I was of that peculiar age when young men choose to live in smelly apartments
with other young and smelly men, I had as a roommate the incredible and talented drummer of Charlie's on Acid.
I think if you spend a lot of money on the more expensive packages then you have to take
with a grain of salt what any
self -
publishing house can realistically do to help an
author.
Amanda Hocking — who became the poster child for
self -
publishing on the Kindle after she made more than $ 2 million from a series of young - adult novels she wrote and
published in the past year — signed a $ 2 - million deal earlier this year
with St. Martin's Press, a unit of
publishing giant Macmillan, to write a new series of young - adult novels (my colleague Cyndy Aleo wrote a series of posts recently based on her interviews
with several young
authors about the changes in the industry).
It has a lot of useful information, some of which I was not aware of, even though I am a relatively successful (mainly
self -
published)
author with over 800,000 copies of my books sold worldwide.
Another source for finding freelancers who work specifically
with indie
authors self -
publishing fiction and creative nonfiction is the Association of Independent Publishing Professionals (AIPP), which has a searchable directory of service
publishing fiction and creative nonfiction is the Association of Independent
Publishing Professionals (AIPP), which has a searchable directory of service
Publishing Professionals (AIPP), which has a searchable directory of service providers.
Self - publishing is one of a suite of publishing options an aspiring author can choose from these days; with the launch of Carina Press we can provide the flexibility of a digital - only press, and Horizons offers a self - publishing opt
Self -
publishing is one of a suite of
publishing options an aspiring
author can choose from these days;
with the launch of Carina Press we can provide the flexibility of a digital - only press, and Horizons offers a
self - publishing opt
self -
publishing option.
Another possibility is if a significant number of bestselling
authors, unhappy
with the current digital royalty rate, start
self -
publishing or moving to smaller houses.
Like me, no doubt, most new
authors somehow think that once they've reached a certain level of proficiency
with respect to their writing abilities, that they are ready to seek out a publisher, an agent, or proceed
with self -
publishing.
I've been following the print - on - demand (or
self -
publishing) issue for several years, watching as
self -
publishing has become (more) legitimized, and always
with a bit of amusement given that some of the most revered
authors in literature were
self -
published (ex: Virginia Woolf... Continue reading →
And that brings me to a posting I originally wrote in 2010 to help
authors with the process of statistically analyzing 3rd - party sources when making a
self -
publishing decision.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — July 20, 2015 —
Author Solutions, LLC, a Penguin Random Housecompany and the world leader in supported self - publishing services, is proud to announce that author Robert Chipley has finalized an option agreement for his 2009 iUniverse novel, Germania (ISBN: 978 - 1440154256), with producer Danny Sherman and Thruline Entertai
Author Solutions, LLC, a Penguin Random Housecompany and the world leader in supported
self -
publishing services, is proud to announce that
author Robert Chipley has finalized an option agreement for his 2009 iUniverse novel, Germania (ISBN: 978 - 1440154256), with producer Danny Sherman and Thruline Entertai
author Robert Chipley has finalized an option agreement for his 2009 iUniverse novel, Germania (ISBN: 978 - 1440154256),
with producer Danny Sherman and Thruline Entertainment.
Many
self -
published authors choose not to enter their book into award competitions for various reasons, including cost, doubt that it will win, and unfamiliarity
with the process.
In the latest sign of this disruption,
author John Locke — who earlier this year became the first
self -
published author to sell a million ebooks — has signed an innovative deal
with publisher Simon & Schuster that shows at least some players in the industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance of power.
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.
Nowadays
self -
publishing authors and hybrid
authors (those who
self -
publish some books and have traditionally
published others) have a plethora of options when it comes to hiring freelancers for their editing, cover and formatting needs, or working
with up front companies that handle design and distribution while the
author retains all of their rights and receives royalties.
With the ability to
self -
publish a book in a few clicks, more people today are calling themselves
authors than ever before.
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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.
I
self -
publish, so I do pretty much everything myself; but I've heard several traditionally
published indie
authors say they were surprised to find out that even
with a traditional publisher, they were expected to do a lot of the marketing for their own books, particularly if the publisher is small, since they were * not * a celebrity name that could sell itself.
Other services abound: Here at The Book Designer, Joel Friedlander has developed templates to help
self -
published authors with the tricky task of book formatting — both print and digital.
Authors can work
with IngramSpark and CreateSpace directly without going through a
self -
publishing company.
Someone who's put themselves through the fire of that test (
self -
publishing)... they may arrive
with a few of the rough edges knocked off, which I think might be quite appealing to a publisher... (He concurred
with) the point Hellie (Ogden) made about everyone needing to up their game, including the
authors.
In line
with my «don't put your eggs in one basket» philosophy,
Self Publishing, Inc will offer
authors a variety of ways to get their books in front of buyers.
Locke isn't the first
self -
published author to strike a deal
with a traditional
publishing house after becoming well known for his e-books.