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The Authors Guild Ends its Partnership with Author Solutions

About time, Author’s Guild! The Authors Guild Ends its Partnership with Author Solutions | The Independent Publishing Magazine. Tagged: authors guild, authors solutions, book printers, iuniverse,...

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Rites of Submission: Cover Letters and Query Letters

For those who are looking to publish with a big (traditional) publishing house, either while you’re self-publishing or instead of self-publishing (it doesn’t matter these days), Jacqueline has posted...

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11 Tips on Getting Your Book Published

Melody Moezzi has some very good points about getting published. There is no one way and no one secret. As you have probably heard many times, writing a good story is number one. And I like that she...

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Print Piracy and Free Trade

My general take on print book priracy (or ebook priacy for that matter) – it’s not worth my energy and time to do anything about it. There are so many other positive things I need to do with my time...

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Designing a Book Cover That Tells

I found this helpful post by Christopher Lentz who is a guest on “The Owl Lady’s” blog – Vivdrewa.me. I had never heard of the backward six scan we apparently all do. I also like his comment in his...

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Traditional Publishing, Anyone?

Christopher of the Story Reading Ape has passed along a nice post by Vian De Bod about traditional publishing. De Bod doesn’t mention a couple very important points with traditional publishing. You...

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Book Banning – Is it Right?

With the fairly recent (in our countries history, that is) ease of self-publishing, the notions of free spreech and no book banning are getting harder to defend. Is it okay for people with, what the...

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Current Trends in Traditional Book Publishing: Fiction, Nonfiction and YA 

Jane Friedman has updated us on the currect trends for traditional publishing, but I’m guessing some of what is happening in traditional publishing is happening is self-publishing as well. Keep in...

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The Biggest Mistake New Authors Make

Great post by Anne R. Allen about common mistakes, misconceptions with writing that first book. I like how she specifically address the problematic examples she gives and offers some solutions to the...

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The Pros and Cons of Independent Publishing: Part One | Valerie Biel

Valerie Biel of Lost Lake Press, lays out the good and the bad of both traditional and indie publishing in a clear, easy to understand way. If you’ve ever questioned why to do one or the other, take a...

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