If you’re planning sell your book to the mass market, you might find Blurb’s integrated bookstore and network of thousands of retailers beneficial. Retailers can choose to order and stock your books directly through Blurb. Blurb integrates with Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, and InDesign, simplif...
Luckily, our self-publishing checklist makes it easier than ever to become a self-published author. And we’re walking you through each step, so you don’t need to do it alone. The pros and cons of self-publishing your book Is becoming a self-published authoractuallythe right move for ...
The Name of the Wind’s book blurb Your book cover can be used as a tool to give your audience a glimpse of what they can expect from your book. Be sure that when designing your cover, you don’t give too much of the story away. Doing so can help drum up interest and ma...
"Self-publishing through KDP and Amazon has changed my life. My books have made it to the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists." Visit Tricia O'Malley's author page Jéssica Macedo Brazil / Fantasy “I always dreamed of living off books, but it was somethi...
Through BookBub’s Featured Deals and self-serve ads, authors can reach a range of fans of almost any genre. However, it’s incredibly hard these days for self-publishing authors to secure one of their featured deals. Thankfully, BookBub has more than a little competition. 16. Written ...
Perhaps the single biggest promotional platform in publishing, BookBub offers self-publishing authors a powerful way to publicize their discount deals. Through BookBub’sFeatured Dealsandself-serve ads, authors can reach a range of fans of almost any genre. ...
This mode of publishing has always been around, but on a relatively smaller scale; this has now become a multi-billion dollar industry. Over 85% of all eBook sales are done throughAmazon, one of the leading publishing platforms for authors who want toself-publish their eBooks. This approach...
Blurb has a versatile creative process, and photo books are one of the most popular products at this self-publishing company. They offer six different sizes (from mini square to large landscape), six different paper types and three different cover types (glossy softcover, hardcover image wrap wi...
This is a little simplistic, especially the admonition that if you want your books in physical bookstores, traditional publishing is the better route. My work has been published through traditional, subsidy, and now independent publishing. My indie-published print books are available in brick and ...
As for the slightly important step of actually publishing the darn thing, I havea video guidefor you which walks you through the process step-by-step for KDP, explaining what to put in all those fields – so many fields! Yegads. The other retailers are all different, but similar enough ...