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Should I Self-Publish? (meaning you)

April 30, 2018 by Lori Devoti 4 Comments
should I self publish

I wrote this article originally in 2011, when self-publishing was still new.  Time has passed and a lot of things have changed, but I still get the question “Should I self-publish?” a lot. And while things have changed in both parts of the publishing industry, the advice in this column still holds. So with some … [Read more…]

Posted in: Indie Publishing, Writing Business Tagged: author advice, self-publishing, traditional publishing

Report: Novelists Inc. Conference 2012: Social Media, Agents, Self-Publishing Success

October 31, 2012 by Lori Devoti 3 Comments
Couple fighting over dollar sign

Thanks to the threat of Sandy, I came back from the Novelists Inc. Conference in New York two days earlier than originally planned. Thankfully, this still gave me the chance to see many friends and make a number of new ones. I also was able to attend the first two days of panels and roundtables. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Agents and Editors, Conferences, Featured, Indie Publishing, Marketing, Writing Business, Writing Life Tagged: Bella Andre, indie publishing, literary agents, Novelists Inc., self-publishing, social media

Kallypso Masters: How to Get Your Self-Published Books Noticed

July 16, 2012 by Edie Ramer 12 Comments
Writing Groups for Young Adult Writers

I belong to the IndiRomanceInk, a Yahoo group with over 1000 members, some traditionally and indie published; others indie only. If you need advice on anything to do with self-publishing, this is the place to ask. A lot of writers on the group lately have hit milestones: 25,000, 100,000, 10,000 sales, etc. At the same … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, Indie Publishing, Writing Business Tagged: blogs, facebook, Facebook tips, indie authors, indiepub, marketing advice, self-publishing

Microsoft Word Tip: How to save italics!

March 30, 2012 by Lori Devoti 19 Comments

A while back I did a post on how to format an ebook with Microsoft Word as your starting place. Since writing that I discovered a great tip that makes the process even easier, how to save italics when you have to strip all formatting from the original file. If you have gone through the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ebook Formatting, Indie Publishing, Writing Business, Writing Software Programs, Writing Tools Tagged: ebooks, Formatting, indie publishing, indiepub, self-publishing

The links of October …

October 26, 2011 by J L Wilson Leave a Comment
Writing for the web

Nothing very scary this month, just the usual “end of the publishing world as we know it”. But we’ve all heard that before, right? * What’s the most you would spend for an ebook? * Interesting post about mistakes in books that take the reader out of the book. I tend to agree — if … [Read more…]

Posted in: Quirky Links Tagged: Amazon, indie publishing, self-publishing, writing, writing characters
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