Sue Collier | May 31, 2011
Here’s some of what’s happening in publishing right now: From The Idea Logical Company: Amazon’s News of Hiring Kirshbaum Is a Helluva Start for BEA Amazon dropped a shoe last week when they announced their new mystery imprint, Thomas & Mercer Books, and started signing authors, including self-publishing evangelist, Joe Konrath. Last night they dropped [...]
Sue Collier | May 27, 2011
It happened again. I spoke earlier this week with an author who had recently “self-published” a nonfiction book, and she was particularly interested in reaching the library market. She directed me to her author website—which listed the book’s publisher as “AuthorHouse.” That re-routed our conversation immediately because I had to break the bad news to [...]
Sue Collier | May 24, 2011
This is another installment of our series 11 Questions for the Indie Publisher. This month, we are featuring indie author Bob Baker. Please let me know if you would like to be featured! Your name: Bob Baker Your website/blog: www.FullTimeAuthor.com and www.TheBuzzFactor.com Your bibliography: 101 Ways to Make Money in the Music Business (1992, Rockpress [...]
Sue Collier | May 23, 2011
Here’s some of what’s happening in publishing right now: From A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing: Why You Won’t Succeed as a Self-Published Ebook Writer Ebooks aren’t a straight path to fortune and fame. I never said they were. But I have said, repeatedly, that writers are better off self-publishing than going through a legacy publisher. [...]
Sue Collier | May 17, 2011
Social media marketing. Some call it a fad. Others call it a revolution. But most agree that in some form, it is here to stay. This is a very different type of marketing from the traditional methods, however, and it’s easy to make mistakes. Here are some of the most common: 1. Not using social [...]
Sue Collier | May 16, 2011
Here’s some of what’s happening in publishing right now: From paidContent.org: Meet The A-List Authors Of E-Book Self Publishing Authors who self-published their books have traditionally done it out of desperation—it was the result of being ignored or rejected by publishing houses.…But the world of self-publishing is changing fast in the digital era. A growing [...]
Sue Collier | May 9, 2011
Here’s some of what’s happening in publishing right now: From Publishers Weekly: As Losses Mount, Borders Ponders Path As it struggles to find a way to become a profitable business, Borders released its 10-K filing late Friday and its first monthly reports on how the company is faring under Chapter 11. In the financial report [...]
Sue Collier | May 5, 2011
Guest post by Susan Daffron, The Book Consultant A lot of authors get stuck on their book projects. Some writers start strong, but flail over time as they encounter a few of the realities of book publishing. Others have trouble getting started at all. So their dream of writing a book stays just that: a dream. [...]
Sue Collier | May 4, 2011
Next week, I’ll be featured as a speaker at the Third Annual Self-Publisher’s Online Conference, next week on May 11 from 9am to 10pm (Pacific time). I thought I would provide a little preview on my topic, which is how authors and self-publishers can use social media marketing to increase their book sales. Before the [...]
Sue Collier | May 3, 2011
My team and I come across so many useful websites, I thought it would handy to put them together in a regular blog series. So once or twice a month, we’ll be listing them here. If you have or know of a website that would be of interest to my blog readers, please email it to [...]
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