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News reports and blog posts on self-publishing and using publishing-on-demand/POD services
Updated on 2012-04-13
Created on 2010-08-13
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"Got a story to tell? Got piles of cash? There's a new self-publishing service just for you.
Venture Press will help you make a book. It provides hands-on custom service: It will set you up with a ghostwriter and designers for the cover and layout. The company acknowledges that creating a book isn't easy: "It's an enormous challenge," according to its website, "requiring hours of concentration and hard work in front of a computer screen, followed by the arduous task of turning your words into an actual book."
Just hours? Most writers labor for days, weeks and months to write a book. After publishing "The Corrections" in 2001, it took Jonathan Franzen nine years to write his next novel, "Freedom." Anticipation was so great that he landed on the cover of Time magazine.
Venture Press' self-publishing service is designed to ease, streamline and speed up that process. But that all comes at a premium: The cost for a Venture Press book starts at $100,000." -
"5. Reviews are still KEY. Most libraries and major book chains need professional reviews before they will consider a small press title in any real quantity."
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"A complete guide to navigating the self-publishing industry. *Note: The best-selling part is up to you."
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"Washington was one of 22 honors English students from Chicago Talent Development Charter High School on the West Side who over three months wrote their memoirs and put them together in a book titled "Life Beyond School" that was then self-published.
The book came together through Communities In Schools of Chicago, a nonprofit group that matches community organizations with public school students. In this case, staffers from Open Books met with students and developed a project designed to encourage them to read and write.
On Friday, the students gathered to read from their newly released collection and celebrate their new status as published authors. Their book is for sale for $10 in the store, 213 W. Institute Place, and online." -
"A couple of years ago, Amanda Hocking needed to raise a few hundred dollars so, in desperation, made her unpublished novel available on the Kindle. She has since sold over 1.5m books and, in the process, changed publishing forever"
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Peter Meyers on HTML5, ebook formats and the evolution of publishers and authors. -- In a recent interview, author and digital book producer Peter Meyers talked about what we can expect as publishing comes into its own in the digital era. He said customized book apps will largely go by the wayside, and HTML5 as a format will be a bit of a hard-sell to consumers. And using his own experience as a basis, Meyers said publishers aren't in danger of becoming irrelevant.
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Questions about self-publishing? Learn more at Just Self-Publish, a website developed by Shari Faden Donahue, President of CBC member Arimax Books - from Children's Book Council at http://www.cbcbooks.org/contact/references === Are you ready to be a published children's picture book author or illustrator? At Just Self-Publish!, we are dedicated to helping you achieve success as a children's picture book self-publisher. We specialize in the creation of quality self-published children's picture books - pure and simple. Let us help you self publish YOUR children's book!
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This discussion forum is a community of authors and small presses interested or involved in publishing and marketing their own work and that of others. It is sponsored by SPAN (Small Publishers Association of North America). Both newcomers and veterans welcome.
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No, it's not a trick question. Fact is, Amazon may not be selling your 99c ebook for 99c. It may well be selling your 99c ebook for $3.50, and pocketing most of the difference.
Original message from 11/27/2011 at WG2E (The Writer's Guide to/2 E-Publishing) at http://thewritersguidetoepublishing.com/how-much-does-a-99c-ebook-cost-on-amazon -
Amazon launches $6m fund for self-publishers, looks to expand Kindle Owners’ Lending Library
8th December 2011 by Matt Brian -
"Book Country Launches Self-Publishing Services
By Calvin Reid
Nov 16, 2011" -
"In a previous essay, I interviewed four self-published authors I admire, and I examined some of the benefits of that career path. Midway through writing the piece, I realized I'd have to continue the discussion in a second essay in order to fully explore my feelings (complicated) on the topic (multifaceted). You see, Reader, I still don't plan on self-publishing my first novel, though I don't deny the positive aspects of that choice.
Below I've outlined a few reasons behind my decision, informed by our contemporary moment. I can't predict the future, though I'm sure I'll remain comfortable with my opinions for at least another thirteen months. It's in a list format, the pet genre of the blogosphere. How else was I to keep my head from imploding?" -
by Simon Owens, 10/26/2011
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