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Review 250: A Self-Publisher’s Companion by Joel Friedlander
Joel Friedlander is a well established authority in the self-publishing world and the force behind The BookDesigner website. His old-school self-publishing efforts, before Print On Demand, led to his becoming a provider of customized self-publishing services—a book producer, to use his term. Much of his new book is culled from blog posts of the past years, with an emphasis on the why of self-publishing more than the how.
WordClay Offers 2 Free Copies If You Publish This Month
Celebrate your personal independence by sharing your story and letting your voice be heard through do-it-yourself publishing. Whether you publish your memoir, collection of poems or favorite recipes in a cookbook, each book you publish in July gets you two complimentary copies.
Last Week to Vote for the LLBR 100th Review
This is the final week to cast your vote in our 100th Review Contest to determine which of the six books will be our 100th review on August 1st! Voting ends July 4th at midnight. Cast your vote today in the sidebar on the right side of the blog. This is also the final week [...]
Mooch Before You Buy: An Experiment in Generosity
John Buckman is one of my favorite people. For over a year now I have been a member of and passionately promoted his website called BookMooch. BookMooch is an online book swapping community where you list books you want to give away to gain points to mooch books you want from other members. You earn more points from members who mooch books from you. The only expense is the cost to ship your own mooched books. To date, I have given away almost 80 books on BookMooch and received 62 other books I wanted to read.
Why Do We Publish?
In the year 2000, I worked as an assistant manager at Bookstar in Memphis. Once a month, we scanned every book in the entire store to make sure it was shelved properly and to pull returns which were shipped back to publishers for credit. Returns are books that the home office inventory control department deem as being overstocked or slow sellers. That’s right. The life of a book on your local B&N shelf is regulated like stale pastries being rotated in a bakery. Hardcover books that are about to be released in paperback might also come up as having to be returned, which is how I came upon one book in particular one slow evening. It was a lone hardcover copy of Matthew Stadler’s Allan Stein.
Wordclay Summer Publishing Deals
Remember, Wordclay is offering a Summer Publishing Package that saves you 15 percent on services, but it’s only available until June 30. Publish under the Wordclay imprint for $465.00 ($547.00 value) or under your own personal imprint for $495.00 ($583.00 value).
Creating with CreateSpace: Part 3
Finalizing your project at CreateSpace includes filling in your checking account information if you want direct deposit and answering a few questions on what kind of “publisher” you are: business, individual, etc. If you are publishing a book, you then receive the following message.
The POD Diary: My Final Entry
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 [...]
Creating with CreateSpace: Part 2
Unlike Lulu, once you have uploaded your files to CreateSpace, you do NOT immediately have the capability to order a copy of your work. Once you have submitted your files, you receive an email confirmation that states the following: “Thank you for submitting your book. We will review your files and book information and notify you of the results via email shortly, typically within 24-48 hours.”
Creating with CreateSpace: Part 1
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.