Self-Publishing

One of the tricky aspects of self-publishing a book is coming up with the right cover for it. You can use a stock or public domain photo for the picture, or...

The Writer Beware blog has posted a tipoff about a new identity for Author Solutions-style self-publishing vanity press operation PublishAmerica, which, like Author Solutions, spawns a succession of new names and...

I've written about the e-book error problem several times before. So I was delighted to see a post from Good e-Reader offering some insight into how e-books do or do not...

AuthorEarnings is out there again with their latest report, which they claim - on good evidence - to be the most accurate ever. And just one of the many, many juicy...

Typographic talent showcase HypeForType has announced a free offer that could be useful for many self-publishing authors, small publishers, and ebook creators. In return for subscribing to its mailing list, the...

If you’re fed up with e-books that contain egregious errors, some help may be on the way, starting in February. After years of selling e-books that might have any number of...

Reading of the death of Umberto Eco, I came across this quote that resonates with me: “It’s only publishers and some journalists who believe that people want simple things. People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged.” (To the former group I might add ‘some agents’?)

I first saw a post by Hugh Howey discussing the potential cost versus befits of going exclusive with Amazon a few days ago. I was thinking of saying something about it,...

HarperVoyager author Nick Cole had been writing a new dystopian SF book, Ctrl-Alt-Revolt, and one of the character motivations he had to come up with was a remotely original reason that AIs might...

It’s an interesting time to be watching the publishing industry and e-book sales. Two fairly well-regarded reports in the publishing industry have just come out, and taken together they offer some...