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Publishing, Self-Publishing, and the Tri-Wizard Tournament Unless you've been hiding under a rock the past few years, you've at least heard about J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter. No, she's not self-published. And yes, her books have sold, to quote Carl Sagan, "billions and billions." However, ventu...
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The Qualities of Successful Information Products If someone asked you "What's the biggest chunk of the U.S. economy?"... you probably wouldn't say "information." Yet, information products ARE the fastest growing market. If you're creating and publishing anything for the informa...
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Marina Oliver on Publishing Romance In part I of this interview with Romance writer Marina Oliver, we discussed what it takes to write a romance novel. In this second part, Marina talks about publishing and promoting your book. After all, what good is your book if nobody knows it exist...
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Traditional Publishers Released Fewer Books in 2005 Traditional Publishers Released Fewer Books in 2005 and Why This is Good For Writers Who Want to Self-Publish: Faced with declining sales and rising paper costs, traditional publishers released 18,000 fewer books in 2005 than in 2004 and there is no ...
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Writing the Query Letter The query letter is your sales letter to a potential editor or publisher. Although most often used for magazine articles and non-fiction books, the query letter can also be used for fiction. Writing a killer query letter is essential to the success...
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Why This Successful Self-Published Author Said NO to Traditional Publishing Why did successful self-publisher Michael Sterns tell traditional publishers to look the other way? While most authors are bending over backwards (and hurting themselves) to get contracts with traditional publishers, Michael Sterns went the other dir...
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Massive Book Publishing Growth Predicted The proliferation of home computers, internet connections and digital imaging has combined to re-invent a once considered “obsolete” industry. More books are being printed than ever before and distribution channels for them are evolving t...
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First Time Self-Publishers: Find a Mentor I wish I'd had a mentor when I was going through the process of self-publishing my book. I was, to put it mildly, clueless. There is so much to know, and so little reliable information that it's a wonder I even got my book published. Ready...
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Thinking Inside the Box: DIY Book Making and Selling Chicagoan Rob Christopher is the author of a book that’s not really a book. Call it more of a literary object. His first collection of writings, 100 Spinning Plates, doesn’t even fit on a shelf. In fact, it isn’t even bound. Also check ou...
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Why Does This Publisher Suggest You Avoid POD? We interviewed one of the largest and most successful print on demand (POD) publishers and were quite surprised by what they had to say. Did we hear them right? Authors should avoid using print on demand services? Hmm... Read more to see what they re...
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Self Publishing a book is easy I just learned about a book-publishing web site called “Blurb” (www.blurb.com). Wow. Publishing for the masses. What could be better? This new site proves one thin...
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True Stories of the POD Publishing People Publishing POD was the last thing I wanted to do.  I had an agent for my novel, North of Sunset.  He sent it to around 20 places and then he was done.  I then sent it to some small presses with no luck.  Before that, my agent tri...
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Pros and Cons of Print on Demand This is a contributed article from a small publisher. As with most small publishers, her views are unique to her experience. As you will see in upcoming issues, opinions about POD vary widely. I'll share my own as well. This author's views ar...
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If You Decide to Self Publish Just in case you're thinking about self publishing, here are a few tips that might just save you some time and money. Self publishing is at times confusing. There are too many options and far too many erroneous opinions to make sense of what works an...
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