As I get ready to self-publish my own material both as print-on-demand (POD) and e-books, I have found myself confused about a number of things I thought I knew a lot about. One subject in particular keeps surfacing: ISBNs, or International Standard Book Numbers. Most subsidy presses or publishing services companies offer to provide authors [...]
Lot’s of writers are talking about Kindle publishing. And why wouldn’t they when novelist Amanda Hocking has become a millionaire by publishing e-books. The 26-year-old self-published author who sold over 450,000 copies of her e-books in January alone. J.A. Konrath also has made more than a significant amount of money selling inexpensive e-books. Yesterday I [...]
While at the San Francisco Writers Conference I had the pleasure to hear Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, speak about writing and distributing e-books. I’ve been piddling around about getting my short books, which are available as pdf-type ebooks on my websites, loaded up to Smashwords so they will get broader distribution, so I was [...]
Ranson Stephens, Ph.D., a writer, physicist, and public speaker, joins us one last time for part three of his series on the future of the publishing industry. He’s a novelist and mentions other novelists as well as nonfiction writers. The information in his posts is relevant to all writers. Today he looks at the inimitable [...]
Today Ransom Stephens, Ph.D., joins us again for part two of his series on the future of the publishing industry. Today we look at the evolving state of self-publishing, title-positioning and business practices. If you missed part one, which focused on book development and acquisition, you can read it here. Stephens a writer, physicist, and [...]
The publishing industry changes constantly. Large publishers gobble up smaller ones. Writers now self-publish more books. Books are turned into electronic formats. Readers choose to read more books on e-readers. Large bookstores, like Borders, go out of business. For the next three days (Thursday, Friday and Monday), thanks to Ransom Stephens, Ph.D., we will take [...]
The next best thing to getting a call from an agent saying they are interested in representing you is getting an email or call from your agent telling you an acquisition editor at a publishing house wants to see your proposal. (Of course, the very next best thing is getting a call from your agent [...]
One of the things that stops writers from publishing their first book revolves around the idea that their first book must be their masterpiece. In fact, most authors publish one or more books before they have a “hit.” That’s why it’s important to simply publish a book. I’m not saying you should publish shlock. I [...]
As promised, here’s the second post in the two-part series from author and agent Michael Larsen. He wrote How to Get a Literary Agent and How to Write a Book Proposal, necessities for all aspiring authors who want to become traditionally published. After he told offered us 8 Reasons to Write a Book Fast yesterday, [...]
After 30 days of reading about writing and publishing nonfiction during the Write Nonfiction in November challenge, you might still wonder what special ingredient you need to create successful nonfiction books as well as articles, ebooks, and other information products. By “successful” I mean nonfiction that sells to readers and to publishers. You accomplish this [...]
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