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self-publishing to e-books and to paper, especially Print On Demand(POD) increasing + increased royalties; more control; better marketing; many services/publishers/distributors - more work, upfront costs for authors; many services/publishers/distributors Wikipedia: Self-publishing ; Electronic publishing
HowStuffWorks: How Self-publishing Works /li> A Tax Cheat Sheet for Kindle eBook Self-Publishing Intuit; 2016 Writing and Publishing E-books: part 1 -- intro 2/19/2016 ; part 2 ?? Planning 2/22/2016 ; part 3 -- researching 2/23/2016 ; part four -- rewriting 2/24/2016 ; part 5 -- Paperbacks 2/25/2016 ; part 6 -- we did it! 2/26/2016
Pronoun, A Self-Publishing Platform For Authors, Is Ready To Serve Humanity 10/3/2015 Rousting the Book Pirates From Google same e-book & layout, different author & cover; 8/29/2015 Self-Publishing Is Good for You -- and Authors and the Book Industry 8/26/2015 Introducing Our Reviews of Absurd Self-Published E-Books 4/21/2015 For the Indie Writers of Amazon, It's Publish or Perish Kindle Unlimited; 1/4/2015 Amazon Offers All-You-Can-Eat Books. Authors Turn Up Noses. 12/27/2014 Amazon Vs. Hachette: Fewer Middlemen Equals A Better World discovery; quality curation; distribution; 8/30/2014 Why This Bestselling Author Decided To Start Self-Publishing Karen Traviss; 8/28/2014 How to Self-Publish a Book 7/25/2014 I Was a Digital Best Seller! 6/19/2014 Hugh Howey, Author Of The 'Silo Saga,' Talks About Making It Big In Self-Publishing 5/19/2014 App data company App Annie expands into ebook analytics for publishers and authors track and analyze ebook sales data; 10/8/2013 The Rise of ?Hybrid Authors? Who Have Self-Published and Had Publishers 9/5/2013 How To Self-Publish A Bestseller: Publishing 3.0 7/20/2013 Clever Photoshopped Covers of Book Titles Missing a Letter Olive Twist; Babysitters Cub; The Rave; ...; 7/2/2013 New Publisher Authors Trust: Themselves David Mamet and Other Big Authors Choose to Self-Publish; 4/16/2013 E-book porn flourishes on Amazon's Kindle Platforms for e-book self-publishing like Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing let amateur porn producers slap together adult picture books and sell them online with ease; 3/5/2013 ISBN numbers: Book-keeping Digital publishing may doom yet another analogue standard; 3/2/2013 Quite Possibly The Weirdest Book Covers Since the Invention of Paper 1/15/2013 Amazon's 2012 bestseller list shows publishers and indie authors need each other 12/14/2012 Literary Agent: Authors Don't Need Middlemen, They Need Partners 11/15/2012 Bowker: Number of self-published books up 287% since 2006 only books w/ ISBNs; four companies dominating the space: Amazon, Smashwords, Author Solutions, Lulu. Amazon?s CreateSpace accounts for the most self-published print books, while Smashwords accounts for the most ebooks; 10/24/2012 Think Like a Publisher Audience; Distribution; 5 Ws; Fact Checking; Consistency; Succession; 10/12/2012 Get your book read by the top editors at Harper Voyager -- without needing an agent! science fiction and fantasy; 9/13/2012 Self-publishing stigma fading 9/5/2012 Master Online Marketing with Free Kindle Ebook 8/27/2012 Self-publishing or vanity press? The answer may surprise you 8/23/2012 Want to publish a book? Follow these tips from New York Times best-selling authors 8/16/2012 The Joys and Hazards of Self-Publishing on the Web assisted self-publishing; e-Books and no-frills web sites; 8/15/2012 After Long Resistance, Pynchon Allows Novels to Be Sold as E-Books 6/12/2012 The Future of Book Cover Design in the Digital Age 5/28/2012 How Amazon is changing the rules for books and movies imprints, new authors, speed, data mining; "Jeff, One Lonely Guy"; 5/22/2012 Writer?s Cramp: In the E-Reader Era, a Book a Year Is Slacking competition for attention from other media, writers; 5/12/2012 Google Points Out That What The Authors Guild Wants And What Authors Want Are Two Very Different Things 5/4/2012 The Worst Book Covers of All Time Have Destroyed My Faith In Humanity 4/28/2012 5 Things Every Writer Should Know about E-publishing Today & How to Find Success in Publishing subscription reqd; 4/17/2012 Self-Publish a Novel (Publishers; Distributors; Market; Format; Royalties); 3/29/2012 Who?s the bestselling author of all time on the Kindle? Suzanne Collins; 3/21/2012 ePublishing Workshop, Ashland 3/18/2012 There's no mystery behind her successful life of crime (Mail Trib; L.J. Sellers); 3/18/2012 A Definition of Author Platform Friedman; (Visibility; Authority; Proven reach; Target audience); 3/13/2012 Q&A: Publishing Your Own E-Book 12/29/2011 How I Became a Best-Selling Author (Darcie Chan; The Mill River Recluse); 12/9/2011 Kobo to become a publisher (complete publishing services for authors, including book editing and design); 10/26/2011 Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal 10/17/2011 Balance of power continues to shift in the e-book wars (self-publishers; marketing); 8/22/2011 Book industry balance continues to tilt towards the author (John Green, Amanda Hocking); 7/1/2011 Meet The First Indie Publisher To Sell A Million Kindle Books (John Locke); 6/20/2011 Mystery Writers Of America: Real Writers Don't Self-Publish 6/12/2011 Five Tools For Self-Publishing Your eBook 5/4/2011 Ebooks and Self-Publishing - A Dialog Between Authors Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath 3/29/2011 How to self-publish an ebook costs, royalties; Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Smashwords, Lulu, FastPencil, Publish Green, Scribd, Barnes & Noble's Pub-It; 11/9/2010 Self-publishing a (paper) book: 25 things you need to know 7/27/2010 How Self-publishing Works about.com: articles self-publishing news, reviews ; resources Apple iPad/iPhone/iPod Authoring
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Self-Publish a Novel (Publishers; Distributors; Market; Format; Royalties); 3/29/2012