Bookbaby has taken the latest step to becoming a full service provider by introducing global distribution and POD (Print On Demand) to its suite of e-book and design services. The overall service comes in at under $500 and at first looks like a good deal for self-published authors, but print prices don’t look as competitive when…
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Bookbaby Adds Distribution & Print On Demand Service
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Simon & Schuster Launches a New Imprint with a Client-Centric Approach for Authors
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Author Website 101: How It Promotes Your Book | Guest Post | Cari Bennette
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Matador Launches Marketing & Distribution Services to Book Trade For Indie Authors
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Dutch Court Orders e-Book Reseller to Close
Self-Publishing
Author Solutions – Writers Beware! by David Henderson | Guest Post
It is flattering to receive a call from a company offering to help publish and market your latest book. I think that is partly the appeal and attraction leading many authors to search for a traditional or vanity publisher for their manuscript rather than pursuing a self-publishing path. It somehow validates an author to receive…
Amazon Is The Reader’s Friend | Intelligence Squared Debate [VIDEO]
In late 2014, Amazon and the publishing house Hachette settled a months-long dispute over who should set the price for e-books. In Amazon’s view, lower prices mean more sales and more readers, and that benefits everyone. But for publishers, the price of an e-book must reflect the investment made, from the author’s advance to a…
Bookbaby Adds Distribution & Print On Demand Service
Bookbaby has taken the latest step to becoming a full service provider by introducing global distribution and POD (Print On Demand) to its suite of e-book and design services. The overall service comes in at under $500 and at first looks like a good deal for self-published authors, but print prices don’t look as competitive when…
Author Website 101: How It Promotes Your Book | Guest Post | Cari Bennette
Okay, you’ve written a book and it’s published. Way to go, congratulations and kudos to you! Celebrate your success. And then, get back to work. Because you know that writing and publishing is only a part of the equation for success. Now, you need to market your book. And if you don’t have a big…
Authoright – Reviewed
Authoright provides advice and various self-publishing and publicity services for authors. Founded by author Gareth Howard and journalist Hayley Radford in 2007, Authoright has offices in London and New York. The company’s ethos is to “empower and inspire” authors whilst helping them get their books published and out to readers. Authoright has worked with over…
5 Tools for Successful Facebook Content Marketing | Guest Post | Robert Morris
One of the most important elements of an effective marketing campaign is building an engaged fanbase of the brand in the Facebook community. Although social media users are attracted by an instinctive incentive that rarely turns them into real customers, popularity on Facebook is crucial for a brand’s success. As always, the key to a…
Traditional Publishing
Simon & Schuster Launches a New Imprint with a Client-Centric Approach for Authors
Traditionally published authors can sometimes feel a little let down by the marketing efforts of their publishers. Publishers are operating in a very different book world to the one that existed ten or twenty years ago. Books don’t just compete with other books, but many other forms of media and entertainment. Simon & Schuster has…
Top 7 Online Tools for Writers | Guest Post | Robert Morris
There are two important aspects of contemporary writing tools: accessibility and portability. You don’t have to try hard to memorize a sudden idea you get while walking in the park; all you need is a tool that lets you catch it with no delays. Professional software suites are nice to use sometimes, but they come…
Amazon Is The Reader’s Friend | Intelligence Squared Debate [VIDEO]
In late 2014, Amazon and the publishing house Hachette settled a months-long dispute over who should set the price for e-books. In Amazon’s view, lower prices mean more sales and more readers, and that benefits everyone. But for publishers, the price of an e-book must reflect the investment made, from the author’s advance to a…
Simon & Schuster Launches a New Imprint with a Client-Centric Approach for Authors
Traditionally published authors can sometimes feel a little let down by the marketing efforts of their publishers. Publishers are operating in a very different book world to the one that existed ten or twenty years ago. Books don’t just compete with other books, but many other forms of media and entertainment. Simon & Schuster has…
Amazon Is The Reader’s Friend | Intelligence Squared Debate [VIDEO]
In late 2014, Amazon and the publishing house Hachette settled a months-long dispute over who should set the price for e-books. In Amazon’s view, lower prices mean more sales and more readers, and that benefits everyone. But for publishers, the price of an e-book must reflect the investment made, from the author’s advance to a…
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Marketing
Simon & Schuster Launches a New Imprint with a Client-Centric Approach for Authors
Traditionally published authors can sometimes feel a little let down by the marketing efforts of their publishers. Publishers are operating in a very different book world to the one that existed ten or twenty years ago. Books don’t just compete with other books, but many other forms of media and entertainment. Simon & Schuster has…
Simon & Schuster Launches a New Imprint with a Client-Centric Approach for Authors
Traditionally published authors can sometimes feel a little let down by the marketing efforts of their publishers. Publishers are operating in a very different book world to the one that existed ten or twenty years ago. Books don’t just compete with other books, but many other forms of media and entertainment. Simon & Schuster has…
Matador Launches Marketing & Distribution Services to Book Trade For Indie Authors
Matador, an imprint of Troubador Publishing, is one of the longest established self-publishing service providers in the UK and has decided to make its distribution and marketing services available to all indie authors and small publishers. The new services will provide both distribution and sales representation, whether an author has self-published entirely independently or via another self-publishing service company.…
Ratings/Reviews
Authoright – Reviewed
Authoright provides advice and various self-publishing and publicity services for authors. Founded by author Gareth Howard and journalist Hayley Radford in 2007, Authoright has offices in London and New York. The company’s ethos is to “empower and inspire” authors whilst helping them get their books published and out to readers. Authoright has worked with over…
Opinions/Guest Posts
Amazon Is The Reader’s Friend | Intelligence Squared Debate [VIDEO]
In late 2014, Amazon and the publishing house Hachette settled a months-long dispute over who should set the price for e-books. In Amazon’s view, lower prices mean more sales and more readers, and that benefits everyone. But for publishers, the price of an e-book must reflect the investment made, from the author’s advance to a…
Advice
Author Solutions – Writers Beware! by David Henderson | Guest Post
It is flattering to receive a call from a company offering to help publish and market your latest book. I think that is partly the appeal and attraction leading many authors to search for a traditional or vanity publisher for their manuscript rather than pursuing a self-publishing path. It somehow validates an author to receive…