Publishing

Always be ready with questions to ask a publisher. Signing up with a publisher is not a simple decision. After you write the book, what next? The self-publishing industry has grown and matured. Naturally, new service providers are now harnessing the growth in book publishing to create new businesses. New publishers Over the last few years,…

Planning Your Book Launch Campaign. Let’s take a moment to think about something. What’s the biggest difference between bestselling ebook authors and those who struggle to sell only a few copies? Nigella Donovan, a marketing expert from Best Essays, has an answer for us. A recipe for success? “Talent? Of course, there’s some of that.…

Should you show dates on blog posts? Why would you show the published date if you write evergreen content and articles? It is a logical assumption. If you write a post that is not time-sensitive, like advice or how-to articles, there is no need to show a publishing date on the page. In contrast, a…

For writers and authors, self-publishing is easy. You upload a Word manuscript to Amazon KDP or an aggregator, and you have an ebook for sale. It’s all so simple. But your sales potential and income are heavily controlled by pages of terms and conditions that can change at any time. It has been the case…

Book sales fall for self-published ebooks, in particular. But Why? After years of steady growth, ebook sales for indie authors have started to hit a problem. The most recent data from Author Earnings in their latest quarterly report gives ample proof of the drop off in self-publishing sales and earnings. While the data is clear, the…

Media exposure of rampant Google Books and ebook piracy has been going on for so long now. One would think that Google could have taken some simple remedial measures by now. But no, judging from this article in the NYT, Rousting the Book Pirates From Google, not a lot has changed. Google is still doing very…

Beware of scam agents who prey on new authors. Publishing a book today is easy with free online self-publishing services. Or if not free, they are very cheap. However, this low-cost simplicity has made it a goldmine for shady agents and predatory publishers to deceive new authors trying to publish their books. If you want…

No, I didn’t read the terms and conditions, but I ticked the box. So I agree, subject to change without notice. When you use a service on the Internet, do you know what you can and cannot do? Do you know what rights you have? Do you know what the site’s rules are? Can a…

Are errors and omissions excepted in ebooks today? I have read many comments and reviews about errors in ebooks. Of course, many of these comments relate to self-published books. But it is worthwhile noting that large and well-known publishers are also guilty of publishing ebooks with errors and omissions. The ebook rush It is hardly…