Publishing
Clarity and Publishing a Book
If you plan on publishing a book, you need to be clear. Lack of clarity can result in loss of future profits, as an unhappy reader will tell others not to read your writing and published works. This remains the…
Should You Self-Publish Your Book With CreateSpace?
CreateSpace is part of the ever growing Amazon umbrella of companies. Unlike Xlibris or iUniverse or AuthorHouse, if you simply want to have your book self-published under the ISBN of CreateSpace, or simply don’t care to use the services they…
Where Is The Best Place to Promote Your Book?
Not Twitter. Not Facebook. Not on Google Plus. Not with family or friends. No, these aren’t places you should (overly) promote your book on. These are places, and people, you can have comments and chats with about you and…
15 Reader Questions Answered
This month, on Living a Life of Writing, we opened our doors for reader questions about publishing, self-publishing, numbers, writing and just generally what it is like to be a writer. Most of these questions have to do with “numbers”…
Don’t Doubt Others When It Comes to Publishing a Cover
I was working with my co-author and now that the books have been sent to the editors, there was more work which needed to be done. It’s not hard to write a book but it’s a lot harder to decide…
One Book = More Risk?
We’ve all heard a comment to the effect of “wow, you’ve published a book? When will the next one be out?” Sounds like they have a lot of confidence in your work, but it is natural that there needs to…
On Money, Books and Publishing My Book
People ask “what makes you want to publish a book?” They might not think I am a writer, but I can do it, I have time to improve my writing and time to learn about marketing and other things a…
Publishing an E-book on Kindle Direct Publishing
While anyone can write about the importance of publishing a book, there is another growing area that many writers overlook until after they publish a book. This is the e-book- an entirely different format that most writer aren’t used to.…