Quite why AuthorHouse UK chose to release two separate press releases to highlight recent improvements to their services puzzles me. It would have made far more sense to combine these for what they are worth and emphasis their impact. One press release deals with their website and the other with their publishing packages. Overall, the…
Boyd Morrison – Self Publishing Success
The internet is a flutter today about the news that self-published author Boyd Morrison with the help of his agent has landed a two book deal with Simon & Schuster. Boyd Morrison has been selling his books on his website and also through Amazon’s Kindle. What is very clear about Morrison is he is a…
Legend Press Takes Control of New Generation Publishing
Publisher Legend Press has taking control of print-on-demand publisher, New Generation Publishing. New Generation Publishing had been administered by the writer’s website YouWriteOn. New Generation Publishing operating this free publishing service for unpublished writers but the service has been dogged by delays and criticism that the publishing service was in some way connected to the…
Lulu’s Faux Pas & WritersWeekly Article
Angela Hoy over on Booklocker.com has posted in this week’s edition on Writersweekly about the growing concerns some authors are experiencing with Lulu’s quality of service and shipping charges. While Angela does not go into a great amount of detail in her article, she does carry links from Lulu’s own forum from many disgruntled authors.…
Matador Launch Sales Representation For Books
One of the biggest criticisms of the self-publishing service model of business is the distinct lack of direct sales representation to high street stores for these kinds of books, rendering few self-published books real shelf space. While the stigmas of self-publishing may be gradually lifting over the past few years, book retailers are more comfortable…
Apex Publishing UK – Reviewed
Apex Publishing Limited is an independent international book publisher based in the UK. They were first established in 2002 and offer an ‘author subsidy service’ to established and new authors. Their list of published authors very much reflects this, and thought they published a wide variety of books; they have a notable interest and commitment…
Epic Press UK – Reviewed
Amazon.co.uk titles – 32 http://www.epicpress.co.uk/ I came across Epic Press, based in Birmingham, UK, when I was browsing Youtube a few days ago. Here is one of their authors, Peter Haines, and his book trailer, a promotional tool offered by Epic Press; “We are a rapidly growing publishing services organization. We provide the author who…
Normal Reputable Service Has Been Resumed
I’ve been away for the past week on a well earned break, so I just catching back up on news and correspondence. I came across Heny Baum’s article ‘Do Self-Publishing Services Take Advantage of Writers?’ over on Selfpublishingreview.com. It’s certainly a meaty debate, but the bottom line remains that authors looking to use a service…
UniBook.com Launches Free Self-Publishing
Unibooks.com is a service we took a brief look about two months ago. They have recently revamped their site and services and are now offering a ‘free self publishing services.’ Michael Van Den Reym, Online Marketing Specialist at UniBook sent me their recent press release. UniBook has launched a revised website that allows authors to…
Lulu Launch Mini Book
Lulu has just launched a new pocket-sized paperback format they are calling ‘Mini Book’. The format seems more suited to brochure and promotional books than a full book project. They are running a contest at the moment to help to promote and launch the format and you can check out the full details at Lulublog.com.…