Resources and tips for the self-published author.

  Ebook production is constantly evolving.

Attention Authors and Goodreads Lovers! Did you know that authors will soon be able to give away ebooks on Goodreads? They used to only allow giveaway promotions for paperbacks which precluded authors who only publish ebooks from participating. Let’s face it. Sometimes we get the ebook out well before the paperback goes live. Or maybe we

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Last week on #IndieChat we discussed the pros and cons of ebook subscriptions.

You did it!  You finally finished your book and it is a masterpiece!  Now, all you have to do is get people to read it.  It’s time to take off the author hat and put on the marketer hat.  You have a book description to write.

After you finish writing your ebook, you are anxious to share it with the world and the process can prove frustrating when you are forced to hit the brakes in order to first create a viable marketing strategy.  It’s the old hurry up and wait ploy.  Ahh!  I feel your pain.

I would like to start this off by saying that I’ve been staring at my screen for…oh…twenty minutes trying to figure out what to write.

Kobo Inc. is the company that makes the Kobo eReader, and its headquarters is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We were excited to have Hugh Howey, author of Amazon bestseller, Wool, as our guest  on Tuesday’s #indiechat on 3/4/14.  Transcript is up!

    Thinking about self-publishing and wanted to know about the biggest retailers for your digital and print books? We break it down for you in our easy to navigate guide below.

A question that I always get is what types of files do I need to create to get my book ready for book publishing.  If you’re going to hire a formatter we recommend three main filetypes for distribution to the major online retailers.