Monthly Archives: May 2010

Agents on Konrath

As someone who’s been critical of JA Konrath, who basically sees the only good self-publishers are the ones who make a living at it, it’s somewhat strange to come to his defense for this Publisher’s Weekly piece about his recent deal with Amazon Encore (covered here on SPR).  Nevermind the number crunching in the post, which is debunked in Konrath’s post, Publisher’s Weekly Epic Fail, what really irks me is this paragraph:

Ira Silverberg, at Sterling Lord, was more blunt about how uneventful Konrath’s move was. “Certain authors will feel they’re doing well in schemes like this,” he said.

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2011-10-08T18:35:45+02:00May 25th, 2010|Categories: Features|

Paid-Publishing or Be Damned

Over the past few weeks I have refined my opinions on the paid-publishing model offered by mainstream publishers in light of its newest entity, Balboa Press from Hay House Publishing. So far, three of the paid-publishing imprints we have looked at in the past year had one common denominator—Author Solutions (ASI). I do not believe any of the three ASI-powered paid-publishing imprints will prove successes—and certainly not generate the kind of revenue that AuthorHouse, Xlibris, Trafford or iUniverse generate for ASI.

There are two other publishers we have looked at operating paid-publishing models—AmazonEncore and Troubador Publishing. A third one, Cold […]

2011-10-08T18:36:00+02:00May 25th, 2010|Categories: Features|

Mischievous Tame Fox Inspires Picture Book

Hello! I am new to this blog. My name is Stevie, and I am an illustrator/author/veteran self-publisher. I published my first book, Lizzie Fox-Top, in November 2009. From the back cover:
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“Lizzie with your hair so red, what’s that fox doing on your head?”

So demand the townsfolk of Lizzie’s world the morning after an abandoned baby fox wanders in through her moonlit window. When the fox finds comfort on top of the little girl’s red head, the pair become fast friends, despite the townspeople’s protest. After a few mishaps including one angry grocer, several stolen eggs, and a […]

2011-10-08T18:26:20+02:00May 25th, 2010|Categories: Member Blog|

Reminder: You Can Post Here

Just wanted to remind people that you’re open to publish posts here. The site gets a lot of requests for book reviews, but far fewer submissions for new posts, even though a post will have a similar impact to a book review. Sure, it’s nice to put in your promo material – “This book rules.” Self-Publishing Review – but the other main point of a book review is to increase awareness of a book. And it’ll cost you nothing to cross-post something from your own blog about your self-publishing experience, or to write something original.

That, or you could fill […]

2011-10-08T18:26:49+02:00May 24th, 2010|Categories: Resources|

A Mind Adrift: An Interview with Craig Lancaster

An interview with Craig Lancaster, author of 600 Hours of Edward, the forthcoming The Summer Son, and the newest member of the Backword Books collective. Reminder: writers have the opportunity to fill out this interview as well. Details here.

Self-Publishing Review: How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?

Craig Lancaster: For me, the decision to form my own small literary press and shepherd my own projects (and others’ projects — I hope to have some exciting news about that soon) represents a full circle. I originally self-published my first book, “600 […]

2011-10-08T18:15:11+02:00May 24th, 2010|Categories: Interviews|

Thoughts on The Indie Path

Over on Pimp my novel: Prithee Convince Me, The blog poster wants self-published authors to “convince him” that self-publishing is a viable alternative to trad publishing. Now this is not the first time this blogger has declared open season on the self-publishing industry and self-published authors, but I can’t really understand why, since the blogger’s bio states that he works for a traditional publisher. He’s got his nice little job in the “real” publishing world, so why does he care so much about what we are doing?

This topic has generated some interesting discussion, and I decided to chime […]

2011-10-08T18:15:32+02:00May 24th, 2010|Categories: Features|

Now: Bookmasters Enters Self-Publishing

This seems fairly inevitable, though perhaps not as inevitable as Barnes & Noble’s entrance into self-publishing.  Book manufacturer and distributor, Book Masters, is starting a self-publishing service called Auturo:

Auturo (o-tour-o)

• Fluent in many languages and media

• Covering all digital conversion and distribution needs.

• Consolidates reporting and remittance for digital sales.

• Cost-effective, hassle-free services reaching the global market.

• Combining print and digital products for distribution globally.

Auturo Proposal Request

Why us?

• You own your own files

• Automatically updates your distribution profile with any new opportunities

• Bundle digital and hard copy

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2011-10-08T18:15:49+02:00May 20th, 2010|Categories: News|

The Future of Media

There’s a fascinating post by author Daniel Pinchbeck at Reality Sandwich about new independent media. He’s currently my favorite writer in any medium – non-fiction or fiction – for his willingness to take on far-out ideas with some well-reasoned sobriety. He manages to be both eloquent and concise. All in all, his writing is a huge influence on my own novel. The piece basically condenses my own worldview and why I think self-publishing is so dynamic and important.

In the piece, he talks about releasing an independent film in this new climate:

In the new model that is still

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2011-10-08T18:16:05+02:00May 20th, 2010|Categories: Features|
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