By Peter Hassebroek on October 26, 2011
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.
Posted in Non-Fiction, Reviews, Self-help/Motivational | Tagged Book Designer, book review, Joel Friedlander, non-fiction, print on demand, publishing, Self-Publishing |
By Shannon Yarbrough on June 21, 2009
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.
Posted in Opinions, Self-Publishing, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged allan stein, clear cut press, lulu.com, matthew stadler, POD, print on demand, public, publication, publish, publishing, Self-Publishing, suddenly.org, why do we publish, why publish, why self publish |
By Shannon Yarbrough on June 17, 2009
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).
Posted in Announcements, Shannon Yarbrough, Wordclay | Tagged book, book deal, book publishing deal, POD, print on demand, publishing, summer deal, summer publishing, Wordclay, wordclay summer |
