My Foray into Self-publishing
The Canadian government has approved Amazon’s request to have a physical presence in Canada. Not everyone is happy about it. At the end of this post, I’ve linked to several articles that offer the facts and various viewpoints. As a consumer, I hope this means Amazon.ca will improve. I’m an Amazon junkie. I purchase 99.9% [...]
Posted in Canada, Self-Publishing Steps on Apr 9th, 2010
Here are the steps I performed to take my edited manuscript to publication. Important: Depending on your goals, your steps might be different. I wasn’t interested in prepublication reviews. I’m not aiming at brick and mortar bookstores. So take this as a minimal set of steps, not a complete set. You may need to do [...]
Posted in Canada, Self-Publishing Steps on Apr 9th, 2010
What’s CIP data? If you take a book off your bookshelf and look on the verso of the title page, you’ll probably see a section that says, “Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data” or “Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication,” depending on whether the publisher is American or Canadian. CIP data is cataloguing information used by libraries. From [...]
Posted in Canada, Self-Publishing Steps on Apr 9th, 2010
You’ve created your company or have decided to publish under your own name, but you’re not a publisher yet. Unless you’re planning to offer your book to family and friends only, you’ll need to assign it an ISBN—an International Standard Book Number. If your book doesn’t have an ISBN, you won’t be able to sell it through online or [...]
Posted in Canada, Self-Publishing Steps on Apr 9th, 2010
If you haven’t read the post about choosing a name for your publishing company, read it before you do anything else. You should put your name through the paces described in that post before you do this step. Okay, so you’ve decided on a name for your company and have done all you reasonably can to ensure [...]
