I can’t even begin to count the number of times that we’ve heard people say they didn’t want to self publish their book because they “weren’t interested in doing any marketing and promotion”. They expect their publisher to take care of all of that, and they want to spend all their time “being a writer”. [...]
Continue Reading →Electronic Publishing and Smashwords
Electronic publishing and eBooks are definitely the hot topic in the industry at the moment. Everyone seems to have heard about how Amanda Hocking, a previously unpublished author, is now selling thousands of self-published eBooks each month. That obviously isn’t the typical experience for e-publishers, but it does point out the profit potential in this [...]
Continue Reading →Kristine Rusch on the Future of Publishing
The last few years have been very hard on the publishing world in general, and the collapse Borders is experiencing has made things even worse. As I looked around at the doom and gloom reports, it was nice to find a realistic, useful take on the state of the industry. I found that useful take [...]
Continue Reading →When publishing, or self publishing a children’s book, there are numerous things to make decisions about along the way. Many of the decisions you make early on are going to have a serious impact on how successful (and expensive to produce) your book is down the line. We’ve gathered together 10 of the big decisions [...]
Continue Reading →Feature Friday Success Story – Wendy McKernan
MEET WENDY MCKERNAN After receiving her Bachelor of Education, Wendy taught overseas and traveled extensively before settling in Vancouver, Canada where she is a television producer. The Thing I Say I Saw Last Night: A Christmas Story is her debut book. The inspiration for the book came to Wendy in the middle of the night after waking up [...]
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