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| We've established that getting published with a mainstream publisher is difficult, and while Publish America costs nothing, their contract is unreasonable and the results are often disappointing. ... | |
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| The traditional way to self-publish is with a vanity press. Vanity presses never call themselves vanity presses, of course - the term is too negative. They may use a variety of names, the latest... | |
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| POD publishing means Print on Demand. It means what it says - like the old vanity press, POD publishers produce hard-copy books. The difference is that a POD press prints a book when someone... | |
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| Before we take a look at e-publishiing, let's stop for a moment and ask ourselves - if we're planning to self-publish, what do we expect to get out of it?Join any writers' forum and you'll hear... | |
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| OK, veering off my intended path to share a first-class article on agents from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers' website "Writer Beware". Click here to read the article.I've only recently... | |
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| Looking back on my posts so far, I realise this is turning into a blog about self-publishing. I didn't mean it that way! It's just that these days, there are so many self-publishing alternatives... | |
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| Following on from my post about agents, here's an amusing article from writer Sangay Glass on the kind of things that will grab an agent's attentionI love reading Jackie French's books. Her adult... | |
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| E-books exist only on the internet, and can be downloaded and read on your computer (or printed off). E-publishers typically charge nothing to publish your book, so they may seem more attractive... | |
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| The other problem with e-publishing is one of acceptance. There are still many people who don't like reading large documents on-screen (I even know people who print off their emails before reading... | |
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| Most of us are resigned to having a day job while we dream of writing the blockbuster that will free us to give up work and write full-time. But some people really do live the dream. Watch this... | |
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