If you are an author or aspiring to become one, you must self-publish your book. Not only have such approaches been incredibly popular among writers, but it's, in fact, associated with several benefits that you can't avoid. Here's a quick brief: Creative Control Self-publishing gives you complete control of your creativity. Whether it's about deciding the content that goes in … [Read more...] about Why Should You Self-Publish Your Book?
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Will the Hachette/Amazon Battle Encourage Authors to Self-Publish?
Amazon and Hachette are currently doing battle in establishing a new publishing contract. This is preventing pre-orders from upcoming titles from being processed and hundreds of current books have five week delivery dates. Authors rely on digital distribution from Amazon to garner book sales and sometimes their livelihood depends on it. Self-publishers do not have to normally … [Read more...] about Will the Hachette/Amazon Battle Encourage Authors to Self-Publish?
Crossing Entertainment Media with Publishing
While much of the stigma and attitudes towards self-publishing have been stripped away in just the last few years, consumers often still wonder about authors’ motivations for going independent with their books. This especially true for authors whom many readers might feel would have been “snapped up” by agents and publishers due to their status in other fields, such as being a … [Read more...] about Crossing Entertainment Media with Publishing
Indie Authors and Reference Updates
GoodEReader’s Indie Author Initiative has spent nearly a year exploring the various reasons that authors choose to self-publish their works. Sometimes there are logistical reasons, such as the timeliness of subject matter. Occasionally, authors have explained the many creative process reasons that led them to self-publish, such as the desire to set the release date, design the … [Read more...] about Indie Authors and Reference Updates