11 Questions for the Indie Publisher: Featuring Zoe Winters

Sue Collier | September 30, 2010

This is another installment from our series 11 Questions for the Indie Publisher. This time we are featuring indie author Zoe Winters. Please let me know if you would like to be featured! Your name: Zoe Winters Your website/blog: http://www.zoewinters.org http://zoewinters.wordpress.com Your bibliography: Zoe Winters writes and publishes paranormal romances. Her independently published work includes three [...]

23 ways to promote and sell books

Sue Collier | September 20, 2010

This checklist, courtesy of association publishing expert Jack McHugh, is designed to help you quickly review your methods of marketing and promoting books. Says Jack: “In order to fully exploit each book’s full potential, you should be using each tool and technique listed below. Also, this checklist will remind you to evaluate your books’ sales [...]

Interested in a writing career? Read, read a lot, and read everything!

Sue Collier | September 8, 2010

We’ve recently started a new internship program at Self-Publishing Resources. I was lucky enough to get a great response from an ad I posted with the Denver Publishing Institute, and I’ve got a couple of young people (I know, that makes me sound really old — but hey, I am!) starting with us. I had [...]

Speak to sell books—tips for authors and self-publishers

Sue Collier | September 3, 2010

Now that I’ve got my own book out (The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing, 5th Edition), I have big plans to hit the speaking circuit. Although I have taught classes on self-publishing, presenting myself as a “speaker” is new territory. I thought it would be useful to write about what I’ve learned from talking with other speakers, [...]