What an odd juxtaposition of traditional publisher and self publisher – a self publishing story breaking today in the Wall Street Journal indicates that the venerable religious publisher has decided to enter the fiercely competitive landscape of self publishing. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Thomas Nelson will launch West Bow Press, their self-publishing imprint, and will [...]
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A quick post – really a ‘re-post’ / link to a Seth Godin blog post about building trust back on the 19th… Seth talks about a recent purchase experience – and what it took for the companies to earn his trust. I’m paraphrasing his comments into my own thoughts below… Clean and professional web sites, [...]
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I just received my email from Writer’s Digest for their 101 Best Websites for Writers – a very different list from past years. For those of you in the world of self publising that don’t follow the Writer’s Digest list, this venerable magazine puts together a list of what they feel are the absolute best-of-the-best [...]
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This edition of Writer’s Digest (the March / April 2009 edition) has an amazing selection of articles on self-publishing – and actually does an amazing job of covering, literally, just about everything you actually need to know to get started self publishing your book. In the interest of full disclosure, as most of you know [...]
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A great article on the state of the self-publishing industry appeared in the New York Times on Wednesday that described the growth and health of the industry in comparison to the more traditional world of publishing. This article is of interest for a number of reasons – not the least of which is the open [...]
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I’ve been absent from the blog for ages – since November 3 to be exact – and it took a SEO expert taking a swipe at my Google AdWords approach to get me writing again… Go figure… I’d also said that this blog wouldn’t be a forum just to promote Dog Ear Publishing, but a [...]
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A ‘red-letter’ day … two posts, primarily because I couldn’t resist… A continuing argument within the world of self publishing is creating a definition of what exactly self publishing means… I received an email newsletter today that used the Wikipedia definition. The newsletter made the statement, “Wikipedia defines self publishing as ” the publishing of [...]
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I regularly cruise the blogosphere looking for topics listed about self publishing. A Butler University professor had a post about self publishing his own book and looking for feedback. A number of folks replied – some positively, some not. The comments were, in the least, illuminating and illustrated the divergent opinions about our industry. I [...]
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