Bubok is an online self-publishing service and bookstore founded in 2007 and has just launched a dedicated UK service this week. Bubok is marketing to the DIY self-publishing area and files uploaded must be in a PDF or doc format. Yet, the online download advice conflicts with what is stated in the press release (PDF,…
Simon & Schuster Picks Up CreateSpace Author In Three-Book Deal
Simon & Schuster has signed up self-published author Brittany Geragotelis to a three-book deal on the strength of her Young Adult novel, Life’s a Witch. Geragotelis used CreateSpace to self-publish her novel just a few months ago. Geragotelis only signed up with her literary agent at Christmas after she self-published. She also had tremendous success…
Self-publishing books not without pitfalls | ABC7 News
ABC Local TV News carried a piece a couple of days ago on the self-publishing experience of a 92 year old airmen of World War II and his daughter who teamed up with him to help him publish his memoir, ‘Victory: Tales of a Tuskegee Airman‘. The video below does suffer from being presented once…
Tasty Resources | Using CreateSpace with Austin Brown | PODCAST
Tasty Resources « Walking With The Mailman: A Guide to CreateSpace with Author, Austin Brown. “Here’s a resource I put together for authors looking to use CreateSpace. Instead of reading it, listen to the podcast. Click on the audio button below. To save, right click the link below it. Enjoy!” ‘PODCAST’ Related articles How to…
Lulu Blog | (Not) Getting Your Book on a Retail Shelf…and the Big ‘E’ RA-RA
Lulu Blog » (Not) Getting Your Book on a Retail Shelf This is always the kind of blog post put out by self-publishing services that irks me. The below piece is from today’s Lulu blog. “I believe that one of the biggest mistakes in any marketing endeavor is not defining a clear goal. It’s easy…
What Self-Publishing Meant To Anders Behring Breivik
The events in Norway over this weekend may seem a million miles away from many of the subjects discussed here. Think again. Anders Behring Breivik will tomorrow appear in a Norwegian court to answer charges of mass-murder. What is different about Breivik is that his perpetrated attacks on innocent people – and what he saw…
Bowker Releases Preliminary 2010 Annual Books in Production Report (PDF link included)
R. R. Bowker today released preliminary figures for book production during 2010 based on their Books in Print database. Traditionally produced books rose by 5% while non-traditionally produced books rose by an astonishing 169%. Be aware that the non-traditional sector is made up by a vast majority of print on demand publishers issuing public domain titles. This…
Abbott Press – Reviewed
Abbott Press is an imprint owned and run by Author Solutions Incorporated. Abbott Press was originally launched in January 2011 in a partnership between Writers’ Digest and Author Solutions. I made a brief mention of the newly formed partnership and press release here. Back then, the launch was greeted with a mixed reception much in the way WestBow…
Why I Still Recommend Using Lightning Source over CreateSpace | Zoe Winters, Paranormal Romance Author
Why I Still Recommend Using Lightning Source over CreateSpace « Zoe Winters, Paranormal Romance Author: “Quality: It is true that they are nearly indistinguishable but… as for paper weight, it really depends on if you use cream or white paper with LSI, cream is the higher paper weight. I don’t think CS’s paper weight is…
E-Books: The Tipping Point? « Catherine, Caffeinated
E-Books: The Tipping Point? « Catherine, Caffeinated: “Ten months ago I uploaded Mousetrapped to Smashwords and what was then called Amazon’s Digital Text Platform (DTP) – now Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) – almost as an afterthought. I was looking for something to do while I waited for my Createspace proof copy to arrive. Turns out…