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Self-publishing options
Apples and oranges An important decision that you’ll need to make is whether you wish to publish your work in printed or electronic format (or both). There is a popular idea that it is easy to publish...
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Requirements and costs of self-publication
Not easy, nor cheap Due to technological developments in the last 25 years, it is far easier today for private authors to prepare, typeset, produce (in printed and/or electronic form) and promote their...
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DIY or working with partners
The refuge of the poor and miserly is to do it yourself. There are limits, however; none of us would contemplate a DIY approach to brain surgery. Self-publishing is a lot simpler – and has less lethal...
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Making the self-publishing decision
In most cases, self-publication is not simple, easy or cheap. For these reasons, in the past week or so, I have tried to explore the issues, present the options and offer you as much advice and...
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The death of community and consensus
In a series of recent posts, I have explored the issue of self-publishing from many different angles. To recap these posts have been: The rise of self-publishing Why self-publish? Have publishers any...
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Review of ‘Getting Published’ just received
Today, I was gratified and embarrassed to read a lengthy review of our book recently published in the Journal of Scholarly Publishing. There was much to be pleased about in this review by Steven E....
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Substantive editing
Eventually, once you have satisfied the Style Nazi, editing of your manuscript can proceed. Editing in fact is not one thing. Transformation of your manuscript calls on two very different types of...
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Coping with rejection
It’s been months since you submitted your book proposal and the mail you received today is almost a relief after all the silence. No. The press to which you offered your book (and in which you invested...
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Making the most of social media
Many authors I know wouldn’t touch Facebook with a bargepole. Indeed, some of our authors won’t even be photographed let alone appear in an interview on YouTube to promote their books. This is a...
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Indie authors – unstoppable?
As usual, I attended the London Book Fair in mid-April (the last time it will be held at Earls Court in west London due to the fair’s ballooning size). In part this was to meet with authors and talk...
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