New formats. New technologies. New business trends. Self-publishing is a quickly growing and highly progressive business where there’s a lot to know in order to be truly successful. Very few are experts at absolutely every aspect of... Read More

Long shots sometimes pay off, and while the odds remain stacked against self-published authors seeing their story on the silver screen, the opportunity may be closer than ever. “It’s always been difficult for authors to get ideas in... Read More

I’m always wary of groupthink, so I purposely have not read any news coverage of BookExpo America last week. I don’t like the impressions of others to bleed into my own. I suspect, though, that attendance was down due to its move... Read More

The headlines blared and the Old Guard rejoiced at recent “news” that e-book sales are flat and sales of print books are back. Huzzahs resounded from those who have a stake in writing about, and selling the products of, the five... Read More

The self-published book—despite its surge in respectability of late—is still derided, with snoots in the air, as “vanity press” by self-important literary critics. On a recent New York Times Book Review podcast, editor Pamela... Read More

Discard your images of a crumpled old crabapple librarian, sticky with cardigan lint and cat hair. Modern librarian work is less about filing books and more about frantic organization of an infosphere that is rapidly growing out of... Read More

Authors who have found success through self-publishing understand there are divided opinions on the enterprise, not to mention chances for success. “On the one hand it’s wonderful. Everyone who wants to publish a book has that... Read More

The relationship between the length of your career as a writer is inversely proportional to the extent a negative review will upset you. When you’ve just started, readers’ reviews seem to stick around in your mind a little longer and... Read More