Archive for the 'Publishing' Category

Here’s an interesting site. But before you click it, I am not recommending or endorsing it, I’m just mentioning it in an “FYI” way to introduce the concept. If it takes off, then you can be sure there’ll be other outlets. It’s hard to tell what kind of half life this will have. If too [...]

Public Domain Reprints is a non commercial website that helps people  obtain public domain books printed on real paper at reasonable costs. They are an interface, of sorts, between public domain book archives and Lulu.com the print on demand publisher. 1.7 million public domain books are available using this service. Really all you’re paying for [...]

Here’s how to put your Gmail account on Steroids You’ll find ideas here for how to * How to turn Gmail into a massive personal database (Gmail + the Google Toolbar) * How to get real-time news updates in Gmail (Gmail+ Google Talk + Twitter) * How to automatically store your bookmarks in Gmail (Gmail [...]

There are lots of reports telling/selling you to get public domain content on your website because 1. It’s free 2. It’s more content for your page There are some drawbacks to this if you’re writing on technology issues or internet issues. All the public domain material is not very current technically. You can’t just “cut [...]

Short answer: Evidently! The NY Times made this clear here.   147,000 copies worth! HT: Steve Weber Image courtesy NYTimes 

In the internet era, publishing your own book is amazingly easy. So is shooting yourself in the foot. There’s a reason that many people earn a living in the publishing industry and take a cut of the profits from the printing to the bookshelf. And that’s because it’s not as easy as it looks. If [...]

Did it take Seth Godin to tell you that? (You must be slower than I am if it did!) Seth Godin via Plug Your Book There are more than 100,000 published authors in the US. Most of them have publishing houses (and at least a tenuous connection to a publicist). What a great marketing problem. [...]

If you fancy yourself a free lance writer, you might want to check out Suite 101. You’re paid through sharing the advertising from your pages. Suite101.com’s  door is open to the curious novice looking for a “101″ intro to any of our 2,000 topics, but it’s also a meeting place for 4.5 million readers and [...]

It’s easy to publish an ebook, but some people are worried about hackers, download thefts, credit card fees, etc. So if you’d like to publish your ebook and have someone else do all the work (except the marketing which you’ll have to do), consider Lulu.com. Here’s their page about publishing your ebook. Basically, it’s free. [...]

When Steve Weber started marketing his book. He did what everyone told him to do and ended up spending $20 on marketing for every book sold. Here’s what really worked: 1. Blogging 2. Myspace 3. Free Review Copies ONLY FOR AMAZON TOP REVIEWERS From the Small Press Blog HT Steve Weber How did you learn [...]