Too many people are focused on the fact they can publish a book rather than wonder if they even should; authors need to follow through by giving their book the "royal" treatment if they choose to self-publish (good editing is essential) and focusing on marketing it once it's published...
Britain’s Booksellers Association has teamed up with the Society of Authors to produce a free guide for UK indie authors showing them how to get their books into bricks & mortar bookstores...
Jack Preston King proposes that the first step in the reader-reconditioning process is for indie authors to agree among themselves to hold to a sane eBook pricing model for independently published work...
There's room for all authors to be described as 'indie', argues Brooke Warner: "all authors who care about their books put their own money behind it, and all of us have read terrible traditionally published books alongside our best-loved books. And plenty of self-published authors are writing and publishing well-designed, gorgeously written, and award-winning books."...
In the 21st century the zero-law of publishing will be to understand mobile. Because without expert understanding of it, we may not be able to create the new audiences. That’s true for booksellers, for publishers, for writers, says Stephen Page, CEO of Faber & Faber...
Don't for one second think all you have to do is to keep writing. You have to treat your writing as a business. Take a course. Read up. And then you keep writing, yes, but also keep producing, keep learning, keep growing, keep up. Good advice from Brooke Warner...
If prices rise, authors with royalty deals don’t get paid more for e-books with higher prices. They make less as sales fall. Publishers, it seems from the data, are making less, as well. So, why are the big guys still raising e-book prices?...
Orna Ross, founding director of the Alliance of Independent Authors answers The Bookseller's call for five-minute manifestos on the future of the book business....
The epic tale of survival had humble beginnings in 2009 as a self-published eBook written by San Francisco computer programmer, Andy Weir. He began posting the story on his website, chapter by chapter, when it gained a cult following. In 2012, he posted the novel on the Kindle site after receiving several requests from fans. Eighteen months later, Weir was negotiating both a publishing deal with Random House and film rights with Fox....
Don't get scammed. Don't spend more than you have to on self-publishing (and you don't have to spend a lot) and never give away your intellectual property rights....
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