The year draws to a close in what has been another very challenging year for everyone on a personal and work basis. Be safe and be healthy. I want to thank all our great guest post writers for their contributions during 2021. TIPM wishes all our supporters and subscribers a safe and happy festive period…
101 Best Websites for Writers | Writer’s Digest
The Independent Publishing Magazine has been honoured as one of Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers in the May/June edition of their magazine. This is the third year in a row TIPM has made the list and of course we are delighted to hear about the continued recognition and support from our readers and subscribers. For the last 17…
The Independent Publishing Magazine – Tour Intro
Mick Rooney – Publishing Consultant If you found this review or article helpful, but you’re still looking for a suitable self-publishing provider to fit your needs as an author, then I’m sure I can help. As a publishing consultant and editor of this magazine, I’ve reviewed and examined in detail more than 150 providers throughout…
TIPM Admin | Maintenance and Redesign
Over the coming 24 hours TIPM will be carrying out some redesign work on the magazine website and some features, pages and links may be unavailable for a period of time. Things will get messy but we will keep the reconstruction noise level down! The magazine will remain live during this time and we hope…
TIPM Weekly Brief: Let’s Get Erotic, Aggregated and Avoid That Self-Published Look!
(pic via Daily Mail UK) Let’s Get Erotic – NOT! The one dominant story over the past week has been the reaction by a number of e-book sellers to remove self-published books, or in the case of WH Smith in the UK and WhitCoulls in New Zealand, to entirely suspend operations. WH Smith’s online is…
TIPM Weekly Brief: Vanishing Books and Sales, and The State of Your Book
Books Online: Now you see them – now you don’t! Perhaps the biggest news in recent days was the decision by UK retailer to initially remove all Kobo e-books from their online bookstore. The decision was made following complaints last week to WH Smith about the content of ‘unacceptable titles’ which contravened guidelines of the self-publishing…
Frankfurt Book Fair 2013 | TIPM Live Stream
You can watch the events at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2013 here on TIPM on the live streaming feed. The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
TIPM Morning Brief: Friday, September 27th – Heroes, Villians and Statistics
It’s another packed brief of stories making the publishing news headlines over the past few days. Alas, once again the self and mainstream communities of the publishing industry are still fixated on creating heroes and villains in equal measure. The publishing industry has an innate knack of exploring extremities, finger-pointing and looking for scapegoats while deftly ignoring…
TIPM Morning Brief: Thursday, September 19th
It’s a bumper brief this morning with lots of publishing stories. Just a quick administration note: (You may need to be signed into your Facebook account to see all the elements and text of TIPM Morning Briefs.) Without doubt the biggest story over the past couple of days in publishing has been the…
TIPM Morning Brief: Monday, September 16th
Here is today’s TIPM Morning Brief. Young author Aaron Ozee discusses taking on the production of an audio book for self-published authors, particularly using ACX. Post by Mick Rooney. With self-publishers also looking at crowdsourcing to finance the publication of a book, the social media resource can be used to edit your book. The…