Scath | June 7, 2010
You’re a writer, and may be wondering what route to take in regards to publishing. The first hard fact you should know is that regardless of which choice you make, it’s going to be hard. The choices are: Traditional Publishing, Small Press Publishing and Self-publishing. Please note that I didn’t mention Vanity Publishing…
Category: Self-Pubbing |
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Tags: e-books, Goals, promotion, self publishing, small publishers, traditional publishing, writers, writing
Scath | January 27, 2010
I’ll be the first to admit that I know little about publishing, building a readership, promotion and marketing. I’m like any other new author/self-publisher: stumbling along, trying to figure things out as I go. But I have learned some things with that stumbling along in the past two years and when I see certain opinions or advice, I’m [...]
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Tags: Amazon, Babble, books, e-books, readers, Smashwords, traditional publishing, writers
Scath | December 31, 2009
My little rant here is in response to a lot of comments I’ve seen while cruising around the web and one in particular I read today. Paraphrased quote: “Digital products should be 1/10 to 1/20 the price of the physical version.” Really? Are you serious, dude? That’s your idea of fair pricing? Let me see: [...]
Category: Self-Pubbing |
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Tags: Amazon, e-books, traditional publishing, writers
Scath | December 29, 2009
There are a lot of articles floating about concerning piracy of ebooks in regards to the effect on print sales, such as this one that Dhympna sent me today. Let me attempt to distill the ebook piracy issue. Why do people pirate or download pirated versions of stuff? 1. It’s not available in digital format. [...]
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Tags: DRM free, e-books, Smashwords, traditional publishing, writers, writing
Scath | November 28, 2009
There are few things that make me laugh more than seeing the subtle campaign waged against self-publishing by those in the traditional publishing industry. While it is true that the ease of self-publishing allows anyone with aspirations of writing to put their work out, and that a lot of it can best be described as [...]
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Tags: Babble, books, e-books, readers, self publishing, traditional publishing, writers, writing