Xlibris has been in existence for more than ten years and since I last looked at their site and publishing services last year, they seem to have revamped things recently. For these articles, I am going to concentrate on the most important and popular service used by authors using POD publishers, a 200pp black and […]
In line with Lulu making their ‘Publish by Lulu’ distribution service package free for a period of time, I have decided to make my novel, Academy available as a paperback edition. The whole proccess took me less than half an hour yesterday on Lulu’s site, with the only internal layout change being the addition of […]
Got a circular email from Lulu marketing department yesterday announcing that their ‘Publish by Lulu’ service is now being offered for free for an unspecified period of time. This publish and service and distribution pack is the one I chose for my last novel, ‘Academy’ and even at the €89 I paid proved excellent value […]
The results of the POD Publisher Poll concluded today. The poll was run over the past two months and I would like to thank all who took part and voted. Again, the poll was never intended as an exact barometer or science into POD publishers, but instead a guide as to which publishers authors had […]
Seems the boys and girls in the Xlibris office may have been acting the teapot yesterday with the POD Publishing poll, or the Xlibris lovers and followers have been hiding under a rock for the past two months! The POD Publisher recorded 11 votes overnight and me thinks some boys and girls out there are […]
Just a last reminder that the POD Publishers poll, which has been running on the site for the past two months, enters its final four days for casting a vote. If you have not already voted, then vote this weekend. At the moment, IUniverse and Lulu are taking more than 40% of the overall pole. […]
Brazilian author Paulo Coelho is conducting an interesting experiment in film-making on his My Space website at the moment. Coelho decided to make his first feature length film using short original film and music soundtrack submissions to his website. The film is based on his most recently published work ‘The Witch of Portobello’. From June […]
Hachette Livre, the second largest publisher in the world, is in dispute with Amazon UK regarding contractual terms. Amazon UK have sanctioned some of Hachette’s lead titles by removing the ‘buy new’ buttons and promotional leaders from their online retail site. Authors affected by Amazon’s sanctions on the Hachette Group titles include, Stephen King, James […]
