My Foray into Self-publishing
Posted in eBooks, Smashwords on Nov 21st, 2011
Since I posted a few times about Smashwords and BookBaby, I thought I’d also mention another formatting and distribution service: eBookIt.com. For $149 ($249 if your source file is a PDF), eBookIt will convert your file and distribute it to the usual places. Of course, it will also take a cut of each sale, 15% [...]
Posted in eBooks, Self-Publishing on Sep 6th, 2011
Michel Semienchuk, a fellow self-publisher, recently launched Appealize, a business that turns books into Android and iPhone apps. It’s up to you to submit the app(s) to the app stores, but Appealize doesn’t take a cut of each sale. You pay once for the conversion and that’s it. You can check out Appealize’s pricing plans here. For the [...]
Posted in eBooks, Self-Publishing on Aug 31st, 2011
A few weeks ago I guest posted at Patty Henderson’s self-publishing blog. Today I’m returning the favour. Patty is an experienced self-publisher and is here to tell you how to publish an eBook on a shoestring budget. Take it away, Patty! ePublishing on a Shoestring Budget by Patty G. Henderson Just to be clear, I’m [...]
Posted in eBooks, Printers, Self-Publishing on Aug 13th, 2011
Yesterday I guest blogged at The Henderson Files, author Patty Henderson’s indie publishing blog. Patty also designs book covers; she did the covers for my last three books. In my post, I discuss why I decided to take my latest book, a romantic fantasy called Threaded Through Time (Book One), to eBook only, at least [...]
Posted in eBooks on Jul 17th, 2011
In my last post, I said that, over the lifetime of a book, it could be cheaper to go with BookBaby because you pay an upfront fee per book and that’s it. BookBaby doesn’t take a cut of each sale. Keryl Raist over at To Publish or Not To Publish wrote a post comparing royalty rates [...]
