Self-Publishing and Visual Illusions
Ready for a magic trick? It’s the same word count. It’s all the same font size and font. But the visual look to your book can make or break a book sale. Maybe it’s the way it’s presented, a book…
Sacrifice and Self-Publishing
Self-publishing isn’t as easy as it seems. You need to forget everything you know about publishing online that you learned a few years or months ago, because everything has changed once again. The reality is that the writing you did…
The Self-Publishing Illusion
Illusion: something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality. If you are a self-publisher, you’ve already read many articles which claim that self-publishing your book is the way to go. It is far easier to create…
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…
The Kindness of Strangers
Why it is so hard to self-publish and earn money on a book? I’ve heard so many numbers, I’m not sure what to think. This is one of the reader questions submitted for this month. It seems like a simple…
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…
Risky Self-Publishing?
While I was busy pounding away at my keyboard in the hopes my work will be done on time, a friend of mine called me. We have spent years being the type of people who like to ask questions and…
The Hidden Cost of Self-Publishing
What is a hidden cost of self-publishing? The time and energy it takes to write and publish anything worthwhile. That’s one example which is a hidden cost publishing. It’s not a bad cost, but there are others which can be…
