Forum: Other Ways Into Print

I've heard that in the commercial publishing industry, agents and editors will criticize authors' works and authors need the thick skin to listen to...

I started prepping Simulated Murder for publishing on Amazon's KDP, and ran across a couple of items during the setup that I thought I'd solicit some...

Hi I am wondering if anybody here has used Create Space and if so, what are your experiences? It all looks too easy and cheap so there must be a...

I just published my first book, Modus Operandi: and other crime stories through createspace and had a wonderful experience with it! If anyone is...

Like many of us on these forums, I have been hoofing it for years. Working on my book, editing, sending to agents. Over and over you get the...

As part of promoting my first published book on Amazon, I've started a Twitter account and tied it to the author page. Unfortunately, I haven't...

Hello everybody Found this on Fantasy Fiction website. It's a competition with a publishing contract as the prize. Got to be worth a try I think. I...

"Apple and several of the nation's largest book publishers were hit with a federal antitrust lawsuit on Wednesday for allegedly colluding to fix...

I'm trying to write some short stories to sell for 99 cents each on Smashwords.com. Does anyone have any experience (and hopefully success) with...

Thought people might be interested in this: http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/04/04/the-rise-of-e-reading/

The television news feature about Ben Heckmann, an eighth grader from Farmington, Minn., was breathless in its praise. “At 14 years old, he has...

Okay, the print version just came out with Trafford, and the ebook comes out at $3.99 in six to eight weeks. What now? Explain it to me like I...

From: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/technology/amazon-rewrites-the-rules-of-book-publishing.html?scp=1&sq=amazon%20authors&st=cse "Several...

For those of you who are familiar with, or have personally used Createspace: I know that they have the right to refuse to publish any book. I'm...

I've released two chapbooks of poetry previously, and now the novel has arrived! I'll soon be getting into the second book which will hopefully have...

My niece is writing a novel for her Senior (high school) project. Could anyone offer links or info on designing the cover? She plans on using Lulu...