If you’re in the forefront of book publishing revolution, you’ll be interested in Scribd, an Internet company that offers you a way to upload a document and charge for it.
This San Francisco company opened for business in 2007. Two years later they have millions of documents being sold by writing entrepreneurs. The big publishing companies [...]
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Published authors bemoan the lack of promotion support from their publishers. This situation is even more dire for self-published authors who want to sell more than a few copies to friends. Since a lot of you who visit Joan Slings Words aren’t professional writers who have nonetheless published a book, I thought I’d give them [...]
Tags: book promotion, book publicity, business of writing, publishing, self publishing, Writing
Self Publishing: Valid Choice
Part 2: What Doesn’t Work & Why
Since I started this Self-Publishing adventure, I’ve researched several companies that provide publishing services. In doing so, I also checked out the products offered on their websites. Amazingly, these aren’t just books though some sites like Booklocker offer only books.
CafePress offers the ability to design your [...]
Tags: book covers, createspace, distribution, marketing, memory lane, print-books, self-publish, Writing
Self Publishing: Valid Choice
Part 1: My Mom Made Me Do It
Is self-publishing a valid choice for a writer?
Yes.
No.
Maybe.
I guess it all depends on two things: whom you talk to and what your expectations are.
This subject has been fought on many battlefields so let me say up front that my intention is not to engage in [...]
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