As a Independent Publisher which is a Limited Company, I always tell my author friends and clients to make sure they don't pay first and to look at prices...some are horrendous. A deposit is one thing, full payment...Hell no... they tend to be Vanity Publishers. Needless to say if you have a set of standards … Continue reading Industry Standard Group for Indie Publishers
We all know that KDP Print is likely to be taking over from Createspace when they finally close their doors (after all we've seen go on in the last 12 mth) I thought it would be good to do a presentation for those who wish to use KDP Print. In the early days, I heard … Continue reading Uploading your Self-Publishing Paperback to KDP Print
Plaisted Publishing House produces a FREE Marketing Magazine for Indie Authors and those who support them - aka Editors, Graphic Designers, Illustrators, Marketers etc. This magazine celebrated it's second year in Feb 2018. We have 526 members in the GROUP We have 370 signed up to receive and share this magazine which widened the social media … Continue reading Indie Publishing News Needs Your HELP
This Blog post originates from the below link. To find out more, please go have a look. https://www.amarketingexpert.com/book-marketing-publicity-not-book-sales/ Book sales. A lot of authors live and die by these two words and yes, they’re important but when it comes to book marketing, they aren’t the only thing that matters. And while it’s not a bad … Continue reading Book Marketing and Publicity Is Not About Book Sales
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Indie Publishing News Magazine Issue 8 OUT NOW This months Magazine had Tory Gates as our Featured Author. A Man of many talents. We also have antoher five interviews from Indie Authors around the world who you need to know about. New Releases, Poetry, a short story.... and much more. Indie Publishing News. Issue 8 PDF GET … Continue reading Indie Publishing News
Selling your Book Online Formatting your book for different websites can be a right pain for those who haven't or don't want to have the technical skills to do so. Where a cove may fit on one, it may need a different DPI for another site. This is where we will look at Createspace, one … Continue reading Createspace – Formatting & Uploading
