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By Shannon Yarbrough on June 8, 2009
What can I say? It’s been a great year for me as an author and for my book, Stealing Wishes. As many know, I’ve documented my publishing journey over the past year here as the POD Diary. From pulling my hair out while creating my own book cover over a year ago to recording every [...]
Posted in Announcements, POD Diary, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon.com, lulu.com, POD, POD author, pod book sales, POD Diary, pod journal, print on demand, Self-Publishing, self-publishing journal, Shannon Yarbrough, stealing wishes |
By Shannon Yarbrough on June 1, 2009
I was first introduced to CreateSpace in 2007. Once my book, Stealing Wishes, was eliminated from the semifinals for the first Amazon ABNA contest, I was given my consolation prize which was a CreateSpace membership and the ability to publish and order a free copy of my book. I chose not to do this at that time and published the book with Lulu instead. But ever since we here at LLBR decided to add CreateSpace books to our review portfolio, I thought it would be a good experience to create something with CreateSpace and learn more about this company.
Posted in CreateSpace, Getting Published, News, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon, amazon.com, CreateSpace, DIY publishing, POD, POD author, print on demand, Self-Publishing |
By Shannon Yarbrough on January 5, 2009
Let’s start 2009 with a success story! I had the pleasure of reading Robert Toonkel’s book, Chappaqua, in August as part of our Back to School focus. Just yesterday, I noticed Robert’s book had gone live on Amazon since the review. I decided to cross post our review to his Amazon page and also noticed the book had a new cover.
Posted in Interviews, Shannon Yarbrough, Success Stories | Tagged amazon.com, bookstores, chappaqua, local books, lulu.com, new york, POD author, pod success story, print on demand, rob toonkel |
By Shannon Yarbrough on June 10, 2008
I received an email over the weekend from Lulu about a change in their revenue reporting policies. If you’ve purchased an ISBN and distribution package through Lulu, then it’s likely you received the same email. For those who have not, I’ll share the information with you here.
Posted in Announcements, Opinions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged amazon.com, booksurge, Lulu, lulu.com, POD, POD author, print on demand, Self-Publishing |