I’ve always been a huge proponent of self publishing.
Years ago, self publishing wasn’t easy. Many authors ended up with boxes of books gathering dust in their garages. They wrote the books and paid to publish, but they had a hard time finding buyers for them.
With the explosion of the Internet and social media, the publishing [...]
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Recently, YA author Brenda Estacio commented at Market My Novel:
During my experience in getting Gateway To DreamWorld published, I learned a lot about the real world hidden behind the publishing scene. I once believed that the publisher handled all the marketing after the book was released.
Now I am totally lost in what to do to [...]
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The husband and wife writing team of Christine and Ethan Rose have two terrific posts about publishing today and it’s future thanks to Amazon, e-books and other electronic mediums now available to struggling authors. One of Christine’s most poignant comments comes in Amazon & the Future of Publishing: The more I read, the less I want to find an agent…
As a reviewer, I see a self published book and run as fast and far away as I can. As hard as I tried to champion self-published authors, too much crap came across my desk to make it worth it. Sure, there are diamonds in the rough, but finding them takes way too long for me and my crew at…
