10 Do’s and Don’ts for Self-Published Authors

by JulieD on February 25, 2010

1. DO: Proof everything…
…especially cover copy, press releases and promotional copy.
Better yet, have someone else proof it (it is notoriously hard to see your own mistakes). If your promotional materials contain mistakes, editors and readers will assume that your book is also riddled with mistakes. This looks unprofessional and makes for an uncomfortable reading experience. [...]

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How to Promote Your Book With Promotional Items

by JulieD on February 22, 2010

If you want to promote your book, the first thing you will have to do is learn to be bold. No one will ever care about your book the way you do, so YOU have to tell everyone why it is worth their time. If you can’t bear the idea of collaring people and talking [...]

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Marketing Your Fiction or Poetry Book With Press Releases

February 19, 2010

Editors are swamped with press releases. As a fiction or poetry author, you are not sure how to interest them in you and your book. If only I wrote non-fiction, you say to yourself. Then I could at least contact medical publications with something I know they would be interested in.
Don’t despair. Every fiction book [...]

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Book Trust Encourages “Silver Surfers” To Write A Novel

February 8, 2010

British charity Book Trust exists to encourage and support reading and writing in the modern world.

They have launched a new initiative called BookBite,

“to help you get more out of reading and writing.”….

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Print On-Demand: What’s In A Publishing Agreement?

September 5, 2009

[originally published in 2001]
When publishing with a POD company you should look beyond the marketing materials and read the Author Agreement/Publishing Contract, to find out what exactly the deal is. While some companies, like Booklocker, have managed to keep the language simple and direct…

We don’t work with Jerks
We’ll bend over backwards to help authors get [...]

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Print On-Demand: Which Company Is Right For Me

September 5, 2009

[This article was originally published in 2001. Some of the companies may have changed but the principals remain sound]
I should really have called this article ‘It Depends’, because Print On-Demand (the technology and its application to business) is so new that there are not yet any conventions. There is no one right way to do [...]

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Print On-Demand: Is POD Right For Me — Technical

September 5, 2009

Desktop publishing has made producing a publication much easier than it ever was. It is a mistake, however, to think that ‘easier’ means ‘easy’. There are still many technical considerations when dealing with digital printing and with specific print on-demand companies. This article does not aim to answer every technical question about POD, but it [...]

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Print On-Demand: Is POD Right For Me — Sales Goals

September 5, 2009

Print On-Demand publishing offers relief from handling all the orders and sales transactions that you would have to handle if you printed 5000 copies of your book, stored them in your garage and handled all the order fulfillment yourself. Print on-demand companies usually arrange for the book to be listed with bookstores and databases under [...]

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Print On-Demand: What Is Print On Demand Publishing?

September 5, 2009

With digital print on-demand…your book never goes out of print. 15 years from now, when your disrespectful grandchildren want a copy of “that goofy book grandma wrote”, they’ll be able to get it.

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How Do I Find The Right Writer’s Conference or Workshop?

March 3, 2009

Just because they are named ‘Conference’ or ‘Workshop’ does not mean they stick to any of the rules above. You may find ‘conferences’ which are mostly workshop-based and ‘workshops’ that are a string of seminars.
Now that you’ve read the Introduction to Writers’ Events, and know all about conferences, workshops and retreats, just how do you go about finding the right one?

Well, you can start by searching the database at Shaw Guides

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