May, 2010 | Self-Publishing Review

Why Indie Authorship is Viable

Okay so on “pimp my novel”: Prithee Convince Me: Self-Publishing the blog poster wants self-publishing authors to “convince him” that self-publishing is a viable alternative to trad publishing. According to his blog bio, he works in the sales department of a publishing house.

What’s most interesting is in the comments section, almost all of the people commenting are trad publishing hopefuls. NOT indie authors. I tried to make a post but I got one of those ridiculous blogger errors (I HATE blogger. I don’t know why anyone uses the foul thing.) And it wouldn’t let me post. So I am […]

Zoe Winters2011-10-08T18:16:25+02:00May 20th, 2010|Categories: Features|

JA Konrath’s Deal with Amazon

An interesting development for JA Konrath which has implications for self-publishing and it also…doesn’t. Amazon Encore is going to release Konrath’s next novel digitally and in print. AmazonEncore is “a new program whereby Amazon will use information such as customer reviews on Amazon.com to identify exceptional, overlooked books and authors with more potential than their sales may indicate.”

Konrath doesn’t exactly fit that profile, as his novels are doing well, but this has the feel of the beginning of the future – once self-publishers are able to mimic what Konrath has done without a traditional publisher, the role of traditional […]

Henry Baum2011-10-08T18:16:40+02:00May 19th, 2010|Categories: News|

Barnes and Noble Offers Self-Publishing Service

Via Publisher’s Weekly:

Barnes & Noble is entering the self-publishing business with the summer launch of PubIt! by Barnes & Noble that will allow independent publishers and self-publishing writers to distribute their works digitally through Barnes & Noble.com and the Barnes & Noble eBookstore. Publication and distribution will be limited to digital works with no sales through the B&N stores. The company said it will release details of the royalty model and compensation process at a later date.

To distinguish itself from other companies offering digital self-publishing services, B&N is highlighting access through the Nook and other devices compatible

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Henry Baum2011-10-08T18:16:53+02:00May 19th, 2010|Categories: News|

A New Indie Distribution Model

An interesting development out of Boulder, Colorado that is both a good and bad sign. Self-published writers can now pay for being stocked on the shelves or more:

The store charges its consignment authors according to a tiered fee structure: $25 simply to stock a book (five copies at a time, replenished as needed by the author for no additional fee); $75 to feature a book for at least two weeks in the “Recommended” section; and $125 to, in addition to everything else, mention the book in the store’s email newsletter, feature it on the Local Favorites page of

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Henry Baum2011-10-08T18:17:10+02:00May 18th, 2010|Categories: Lead Story, Resources|

Schiel & Denver Review

Founded by authors in April, 2008, Schiel & Denver is pretty much a new kid on the block. One of those founding authors is Director, Tunde Reid-Kapo (3rd comment down on link). Schiel & Denver describe their company as an international publishing services infrastructure provider, dedicated to meeting the needs of authors and creative people, at an affordable cost. The company operate offices in the UK as well as the USA with 55 staff, and until recently, they concentrated on private and corporate publications.

http://www.schieldenver.com

Schiel & Denver has just 14 listed books on Amazon (they do offer bespoke services […]

Mick Rooney2011-10-16T09:25:34+02:00May 16th, 2010|Categories: Publisher Reviews|Tags: Subsidy Publishing|

The Legacy of Publishing’s Ownership of Work

There are a couple of things here that you may think are unrelated but I’ll try to bridge the gap and make a coherent argument in support of my thesis. I contend that the history and very institution of publishing has lent itself to a culture of a lack of ownership by authors and artists, resulting in today’s hysterical clamoring on privacy issues.

You all have a better sense of the publishing industry since Gutenberg than I do, so there’s no need to retread. So just think about how difficult it is to turn that Titanic of a beast around […]

Lenox Parker2011-10-08T18:18:32+02:00May 14th, 2010|Categories: Features|

Hay House Signs Up with Author Solutions

Via Publisher’s Weekly comes news of the publisher Hay House signing up with Author Solutions in order to create a self-publishing division similar to the one with WestBow Press and the ill-fated Harlequin Horizons:

Author Solutions has signed its third deal with a traditional publisher to create a self-publishing division, inking an agreement with Hay House to create Balboa Press. According to Hay House CEO Reid Tracy, the publisher receives “thousands of manuscripts annually, but we can publish only 100 products a year.” Similar to agreements with Harlequin and Thomas Nelson, Hay House will monitor the self-published titles to

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Henry Baum2011-10-08T18:18:48+02:00May 14th, 2010|Categories: News|

SPR is For Sale and/or Needs a Co-Editor

I can’t do this alone anymore. Big site, needs a lot of content. With self-publishing growing as it is, this site could become a major magazine…if it had a staff able to take on the amazing number of books being released. And I’m talking about good books, not just a way to review as many books as possible. As time goes on, the quality of self-published books is going to get better and better, meaning there has to be a staff on hand to review the growing number of books. But alas, I’m in no place to actually pay anyone […]

Henry Baum2010-05-26T09:45:18+02:00May 14th, 2010|Categories: Lead Story, News|