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How To Start And Run A Small Book Publishing Company: A Small Business Guide To Self-Publishing And Independent Publishing

How To Start And Run A Small Book Publishing Company: A Small Business Guide To Self-Publishing And Independent Publishing

How To Start And Run A Small Book Publishing Company: A Small Business Guide To Self-Publishing And Independent Publishing (via http://writepublishpromote.com) … Read entire article »

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From Idea to Publishing in Two Months

From Idea to Publishing in Two Months

From Idea to Publishing in Two Months by Kira Gordon When I started, I had no idea that writing a book would be the easy part. Publishing a book is fairly easy too. Writing a good book and publishing it well is not. Like many Authors, it is my life-long dream to write and publish a novel. During a drunken late-night conversation, a friend dared me to try my hand at writing a book. The dare, really a taunt, … Read entire article »

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D.B. Henson – From Selfpublished to Agented to Big6 in Record Time

D.B. Henson – From Selfpublished to Agented to Big6 in Record Time

D.B. Henson is the author of Deed to Death, a suspense novel that she originally self-published on Kindle Direct Publish. The book landed on the bestsellers list and caught the attention of Noah Lukeman, president of Lukeman Literary Management.  Three weeks after he first contacted D.B. Henson, Lukeman sold the book to Simon & Schuster.  Deed to Death remained on Amazon’s bestsellers list for over eight months and made Amazon’s Best of 2010 Customer Favorites … Read entire article »

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From Creating Her Own Imprint to the Big 6 – K.L. Brady

From Creating Her Own Imprint to the Big 6 – K.L. Brady

K. L.  Brady is the author of “The Bum Magnet”, which won the first prize of 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Multicultural Fiction, as well as the Third Place Grand Prize Winner for Best Fiction of 2010.  Currently living in D.C. with her son, working as an analyst for major government contracting firm, she is also an active real estate agent with Exit Realty by day—and writes by night (often into the wee … Read entire article »

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Atlantic Bridge Press

Atlantic Bridge Press

Previous Atlantic Bridge Press Evaluated on 17th of July 2011 With a mere 2 books published in over 10 years, this is a typical example of a wannabe publishing house that started with good intention and went nowhere at all. As they are not accepting submissions, nor are they actually publishing anything, chances are they only keep it on to cater for the needs of their existing 3 authors (one of the 2 books was co-authored) to have … Read entire article »

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Conclusion

Conclusion

Right, well now all is said and nothing is done yet, so, let’s see where that leaves us. Whether the hunger to publish stems from a burning desire to be read or from the belief that writers earn millions, the only way to satisfy that appetite is to get the book in the hands of as many readers as possible. So, it is a business, and needs to be tackled as a business, with a n eye for costs, … Read entire article »

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A. Publish with a traditional publishing house.

A.	Publish with a traditional publishing house.

That, of course, is the Holy Grail of any would-be writer. Is it though? It is certainly a major booster for the writer’s ego to be identified by a bona fide publishing house as a writer deserving their attention and their willingness to stick their neck out. Ok, so the ego gets an immediate upgrade. Now, let’s take a look at what it means for the book’s chance of reaching the shelves of the audience. http://www.publishing-explained.com provides the following … Read entire article »

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How to publish a book?

How to publish a book?

From what I gathered during recent musings on the net, there are actually many different ways to get a book published. Actually, there are almost too many, because, at some point, it will be necessary to decide how to proceed. So, to simplify the choosing process, I have divided it into 4 sections. A. Publish with a traditional publishing house B. ePublish with an online publisher C. Self-publish using the services of professional formatters/distributors etc D. Self-Publish on your own, … Read entire article »

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