This is our best of 2012 TIPM articles. Have a great New Year…In my last article on TIPM, I talked about how digitalization and The Self-Publishing Honeypot has helped transform publishers from the role of curator and educator to one of facilitator and provider. The transformation is far from complete, and many within the industry—in […]
Repost 2012 … Bowker Press Release: [Editor’s Note: Bowker annually release figures and reports like the one referred to in the press release below, however it should be noted that Bowker only rely on titles with an ISBN, and given that Amazon KDP lists over 200k self-published titles and Smashwords lists 60k titles for 2011 (against Bowker’s […]
This is a repost of our best of 2012 posts. Enjoy the festive season… A few years ago I put together a guide for authors looking to find a good service provider to self-publish their books. A lot has changed since I first put that guide together. So here we go for 2012… 1. […]
This is one of our best guest postings from 2012. Enjoy the festive season…Why is a good cover so important? Simple – because people will judge your book by it. Sure, we’re told not to judge a book by it’s cover – but what else does a potential reader have to go on? Besides the […]
This is a repost of our best of 2012 postings. Enjoy the festive season… Amazon has become a primary market for book sellers and self-published authors. Writers can promote and sell their books on the site without ever having to be published in print. It has even allowed a few writers to rise from obscurity […]
This is a repost of the best of 2012 on TIPM. Enjoy the festive season… My first book was published by a mainstream publisher in 1989 and titled Combat Frogmen. It was non fiction and unique in that nobody had written about the subject since the Second World War. It sold well and was even […]
TIPM pilgrims and readers… the holiday and 2013 is upon us. TIPM will be taking a much-needed break over the coming 10 days. Thank you for your readership and support during 2012. TIPM is nothing without you. The challenges in the industry on pricing and digitalization have not gone away, but 2013 looks like a […]
Publishers Weekly is the first in the industry trade to report on the closure of Vantage Press. Vantage Press, one of the original ‘vanity’ publishing businesses, has closed three years after its acquisition by media investment banker David Lamb. In a letter to creditors received by PW, law firm Hendel & Collins of Springfield, Mass. writes, […]
It is not too often we get to hear the considered thoughts of an insider from the vanity press industry. Phil Whitmarsh is a Book Coach and he spent several years working for one of the biggest self-publishing service providers in the industry—an imprint of ASI (Author Solutions Inc). Mind you, he is the first to […]
Following our piece on Friday, TIPM has now had formal confirmation that Vantage Press has ‘suspended’ operations. TIPM is also in possession of the names of at least thirteen former staff and freelance workers who departed the company over the past nine months. In a brief email communication to one Vantage Press author two weeks ago, David Lamb, president and owner […]
