There are basically two ways to publish a book: You can hire people to help you publish your book. Or you can pursue a publishing contract. What you shouldn’t do is sign a contract with a “self-publisher”. 1. Hire Help Savvy self publishing authors do hire people to help, especially editors and cover designers. None …
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By Iola Goulton @iolagoulton Over the last three weeks we’ve looked at trade publishing, publishing through a small press, and self-publishing. Any of those can be good options. Today we’re looking at a path to publishing that is rarely a good option for the author: vanity publishing. That’s because vanity publishing goes against publishing’s most …
By Iola Goulton @iolagoulton Over the last two weeks, we’ve looked at two paths to publishing: working with an agent to attract a major publisher, and publishing through a small press or micropress. This week we are looking at the third option: self-publishing. Self-publishing has soared in popularity since the release of the Amazon Kindle …
Last week I talked about traditional publishing, focusing on large publishers. This week I’m looking at another area of traditional publishing: the small press. Small presses and micropresses follow the same business principles as the major traditional publishers. Small presses take on the full financial responsibility for publishing and distributing the book, although you’re less …
By Iola Goulton @iolagoulton The New Year is traditionally the time when we make resolutions about what we are going to achieve in the coming year. Lose weight. Exercise more. Read the Bible and pray more. Read more books. It’s also when Australasian Christian Writers have chosen to launch our new website … but it’s …
