Well, it seems everyone is changing and charging. I’m wondering when it will stop. At this rate, it is going to be too expensive to be an Independent Author. I signed into LULU this afternoon and saw the statement below on a closable flag across my computer screen. Beginning October
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LULU eBook Update
I received this email today and thought I’d share. It seems we are going to have to pay for Global Distribution for each and every ebook we upload… If you wish GLOBAL… Dear Lulu Author, We’re contacting you today because you currently have Ebook projects using our
Continue readingHappy New Year and Welcome to 2021
Happy New Year to all our followers and friends. It has been a wow of a year with many of us working from home. The toll on the human race is still growing though with vaccines, perhaps we can beat this virus and the many strains. Please be safe and
Continue readingPublishing Confusion – Part Two. Author Brand
Author Brand! What is it? Who likes Nike, Adidas? Who’s your favourite Movie Star, Poet, Author? The first two are BRANDS which people love. The Second are people who can be turned into BRANDS and generally are. So, how do they do this? What does it mean to have a
Continue readingPrint on Demand – Publishing a Book!
As a Publishing House, we watch technology to see how it changes relevant to Self Publishing. We are now getting more and more choices for Print on Demand Books. Here are some distributors who can help you self publish your book. Do remember there is a lot of work involved
Continue readingDraft to Digital – POD
YES, YES, YES…DRAFT TO DIGITAL ARE TESTING PRINT ON DEMAND… I could dance, clap my hands in glee and jump for joy. Though I won’t mainly because I’ve no idea how good POD with Draft to Digital is going to be yet. I’m just excited about there been another company
Continue readingUploading your Self-Published eBook to Lulu
Welcome to the world of LULU Uploading. As promised here is the second installment about UPLOADING…This time it’s for eBOOKS. WE start with picking what we wish to publish, of course this time it is the ebook we wish to do. So follow the images and I’ll explain what is
Continue readingGO WIDE WITH REVIEWS – Amazon Reviews
This blog post is from Anne R Allen and dated 22nd April 2018. It is all about Reviews, what is happening with the end suggesting we go WIDE with our REVIEWS. To me it makes perfect sense. Here is her link so you can find more informative posts. http://annerallen.com/2018/04/amazon-paid-reviews/ Authors
Continue readingBook Reviews with Amazon…Yeah Right!
Why oh why is Amazon making it even harder to put up reviews for authors. First they curtail your reviews because you supposedly know the author or you publish the author or help them publish. Now Amazon is telling you to spend over $50 to actually put a review in
Continue readingUploading your Self-Publishing Paperback to KDP Print
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
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