The comparisons about what is happening in the publishing world and the music industry over the past 15 years continue to be made. Here is an insightful perspective on the issue from Susan Piver following her attendance at an O’Reilly’s Tools of Change in Publishing conference. “What offed the music business—and what the publishing industry […]
We are going all cerebral this week for PODTV and featuring an indepth discussion on the Google initiative to freely digitize books against the wishes of many authors and publishers. In this program, ITIF brings together different sides of the debate to discuss the settlement, its implications and the broader issues of orphan works and […]
Lulu has just launched a new pocket-sized paperback format they are calling ‘Mini Book’. The format seems more suited to brochure and promotional books than a full book project. They are running a contest at the moment to help to promote and launch the format and you can check out the full details at Lulublog.com. […]
Blurb have finally made a critical step forward in their development as a DIY self-publishing company. Users can now design and layout their own books and load them up to Blurb’s on line system as PDF’s. This opens up the choice for authors to use programs such as Adobe and Indesign for their book layout […]
This debate certainly seems to have struck a chord with many of you, and indeed the debate rages on over on Writers Beware blog, becoming quite heated at times, particularly regarding the benefit of Publitariat Vault and IndieReader. It should be borne in mind that these sites are new and only time and the testimony […]
Over on Writers Beware Blog there is a posting and comment discussion about IndieReader and April Hamilton’s launch of Publitariat Vault. These are places for self publishing authors to list their books for sale and expose them to a wider industry audience as well as the buying book public. It got me thinking about the term […]
Amazon UK Titles Listed – 74 Pomegranate Press is a small UK local press based in Sussex, initially specialising in books about the Sussex area. Pomegranate has since expanded its listings to include other non-fiction and fiction titles. Pomegranate also offers a personal self-publishing service for authors. http://www.pomegranate-press.co.uk/ Pomegranate Press was founded by former newspaper […]
I spent the last few weeks doing the final proofing on Trees and have been looking to put together a suitable submission list of publishers to work through. I came across Newpages.com and this site is invaluable for any writers looking at US/Canadian based Independent and Small Press publishers. The site also includes a list […]
I rarely do book promotions her but this one did catch my eye over on June Austin’s blog Plodding along Nicely about Tracy Saunders’s, Pilgrimage To Heresy, published in 2007 through iUniverse. This is a fact/fiction adventure about walking the Camino De Santiago. Reviews for Pilgrimage to Heresy “This is by far the best book […]
Nick Popio has posted on Lulu’s blog today about a new initiative by the Lulu development team. They have launched Lulu Lens. “Last week we decided to try something new, and actively talk to our users about what we’re discussing internally. To get your feedback I posted to the forums and asked, “What would you […]
