About fifteen or more years ago, I set up a music band management and promotions business with a work colleague. It just struck me recently about the similarities between publishing now and what we did then. With the advent of digital Print-on-demand publishing, it seems to be that in the past 8 years, so many…
Infinity Publishing Sell Majority Share to Investment Group
Infinity Publishing, one of the many author solutions services we have reviewed, yesterday announced that it had sold a majority share in the company to investment group New Harbour Partners LLC from Boston. Arthur Gutch, who is head of New Harbour, will now assume the role of CEO at Infinity Publishing with original founder Tom…
Dog Ear Publishing – Reviewed (Updated, March 2012)
“What does your name mean? Something that is worn from frequent use—and something that often indicates a reader’s FAVORITE portion of a book is called “dog eared”. We want to be that “favorite” spot for authors on the internet.” Dog Ear Publishing is a US author solutions service located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Formed in 2004…
Thomson-Shore Offer POD with $12m Digital Print Centre
Thomson-Shore printers will begin offering print-on-demand services for publishers and authors as part of a two-year $12m capital improvement project with the installation of a digital print centre. Thomson-Shore has offered very short offset print runs of as few as 150 copies to authors, small presses and universities, but their new digital centre will allow…
Distribution or Be Damned?
Should a publisher ever pay for shelf space in a bookstore, even if the publisher is the author? The quick and immediate answer is absolutely not. Take a deep breath, pause for thirty seconds while contemplating the models of business for mainstream publishing and the various opportunities and avenues for authors looking to self-publish their…
Blurb Launch Online Bookshow Widget
Blurb has announced the launch of their Blurb BookShow, a preview feature enabling authors to share their books in a showcase format on Facebook, Twitter, their blog, a web site, and many other social media networks allowing third-party programs. Blurb has become a very popular option for self-publishers, micro-publishers, photographers and artists to publish good quality…
Virtualbookworm US – Reviewed
When I first started researching companies who provide author solutions services some years ago, Virtualbookworm (VBM) was one high on the radar. About four or five years ago, had you dropped ‘self-publishing’ as a keyword into a Google search or visited many self-publishing resources looking for information on self-publishing, you can bet VBW would have…
Bowker Statistics 2009: Non-traditional Means Now The Majority Path For Authors
The latest 2009 statistical report released by R.R. Bowker today is a real eye-opener. The total amount of titles produced last year was 1,052,803, and significantly, 764,448 of that overall figure came from what Bowker describe as non-traditional channels – a mix of micro-publishers, self-publishers and reprints of public domain titles. In simple terms, 2010…
Scribd Form POD Partnerships For Books
Scribd is a social network site for sharing written content and selling books in its ebook store. They have just announced a partnership to expand into printed books with Magcloud, Blurb and Mimeo ultilizing print-on-demand technology. Users and customers of Scribd will now be able to transform loaded files into printed magazines (Magcloud), books (Blurb)…
Peeling Away The Layers of Confusion
When I first started researching the area of Self Publishing about three years ago, I was struck by the multitude of terms used both writers and publishers to define their own business. We can easily review many self publishing companies and rattle off terms like Vanity Publishing, Subsidy Publishing, POD (Print-on-demand) Publishing, Partnership Publishing and…