Indie Publishing

by Richard Helms As I mentioned in last month’s article, on the eve of releasing my nineteenth novel (Paid in Spades, Clay Stafford Books, March 2019), I realized that almost…

by Richard Helms I became one of the early adopters of POD-based self-publishing, when I formed my own publishing company (Barbadoes Hall Press/Back Alley Books) in 2001. At the 2006…

by Tammy Ditmore Review of The Nonfiction Book Publishing Plan: The Professional Guide to Profitable Self-Publishing by Stephanie Chandler and Karl W. Palachuk. (Authority Publishing, 2018). 281 pp. Kindle, $2.99;…

by Pat Brooks Challenging, vexing, rewarding; publishing my first book could be called “Miss Pat’s Wild Ride.” I have written magazine and newspaper articles and a gazillion news reports during…

by Tammy Ditmore That was the challenge given by Angela Bole, CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association, to the hundreds of publishing aficionados gathered for the opening of the…

Which came first, the book or the movie? Usually, it’s the book. However, Guest House Books made the film first and has now written the book. Guest House Books is…

by Naomi Long Eagleson Founder & Editorial Director, The Artful Editor Before self-publishing exploded and transformed the book industry, most authors published their books by traditional means. You either got…

by Rhonda Rees “Back before the Internet, we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our book and lent it to all their friends without charging;…

by Libby J. Atwater Publishing presents enough challenges to first-time authors, but even veterans like me can be surprised when a publisher announces he’s selling his company only a few…

When Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo wanted to publish the kind of children’s book they wished they had had when they were growing up, they turned to Kickstarter to fund…