Tag Archives: self publishing
After 20 years of traditional publishing, Donna Fasano goes indie
Update! – Sunday, July 11thDonna Fasano is holding an Amazon gift card giveaway to readers who purchase The Merry-Go-Round this month from Amazon or Smashwords. Check out her Goodreads author blog for details. Donna Fasano’s first novel was published by … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Amazon, authors, behind the scenes, divorce, harlequin, how to, indies, interviews, kindle, novelists, publishing, reconciliation, romance, self publishing, women's fiction, writing
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My experiment with Blue Leaf book scanning service
How well does Blue Leaf Book Scanning service work? I’m about to find out with an out-of-print hardcover I just sent them. Continue reading
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Tagged backlists, conversions, converting, distribution, DIY, ebooks, ocr, out of print, pod, scanning, self publishing
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Robin Sloan Publishes First Novel Directly To Readers For $1
Robin Sloan is a blogger and author who relied on readers, instead of a vanity press or traditional publisher, to help him publish his first novel. Continue reading
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Tagged books, DIY, donations, fans, first novels, fundraising, kickstarter, robin sloan, self publishing
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Writer Publishes New Novel Directly To Readers For $1
Blogger Robin Sloan has funded his first novel with donations from fans, bypassing publishers entirely. Continue reading
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Tagged bloggers, DIY, ebooks, first time novelists, fundraising, kickstarter, self publishing, sloan
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Cory Doctorow's new experiment: all sorts of formats, all sorts of prices
Cory Doctorow is taking a DIY approach to publishing his next book, and he’s going to document it for the benefit of others. Here are some other experiments in online distribution and what they’ve taught us so far. Continue reading
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Tagged audiobooks, books, digital distribution, doctorow, ebooks, free, king, pod, print on demand, publishers, publishing, self publishing
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Writers, readers, publishers, and the desire to know everything at once
I like infoporn. I love to pore over traffic charts for websites, or look at survey numbers from opinion polls, or sit back and marvel at a really good graph, which is infoporn’s centerfold. One area where the data-crunching promise … Continue reading →