Henry Baum
@henry-baum active 12 hours, 11 minutes agoHenry Baum wrote a new post, Excerpt: The American Book of the Dead, on the site Self-Publishing Review 13 hours, 19 minutes ago
Here’s what I hope to be a new feature on SPR: book excerpts. If you’re interested, follow these instructions to post an excerpt. The novel can be purchased here.This is the introduction to the novel. […]
Henry Baum commented on the post, Amazon Buys Goodreads, on the site Self-Publishing Review 2 months, 3 weeks ago
This “probably” doesn’t instill me with confidence.
“If users really want those links [to other retailers], then those links will probably still be […]
Henry Baum wrote a new post, Hugh Howey’s Advice for Writers, on the site Self-Publishing Review 3 months ago
A nice piece in Wired about the changes in publishing, which starts with Hugh Howey’s story:
While working in a bookstore in Boone, North Carolina, back in 2011, a 36-year-old college dropout named Hugh Howey […]
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Henry Baum posted a new activity comment 3 months, 4 weeks ago
In reply to: Kathleen Ann Gonzalez posted an update in the group Book Reviews Wanted I’ve spent the day exploring ways to get my book reviewed, and I’m a bit overwhelmed. Some sites say to not pay for reviews because there are […] ViewHi Kathleen, you can start here: http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/blog/2011/03/ginormous-list-of-online-self-published-book-reviewers/
Where it gets posted depends on the site. Here, we’ll post to Amazon and Barnes & Noble in addition to the site. But it’s not a free service.
Henry Baum wrote a new post, One Racket to Rule Them All, on the site Self-Publishing Review 3 months, 4 weeks ago
A pretty brutal assessment of Author Solutions at Let’s Get Digital:You see, Author Solutions’ modus operandi is pretty despicable, and they’ve been badgering, swindling and confusing writers out of money—and […]
Henry Baum wrote a new post, Reminder: You Can Post Here, on the site Self-Publishing Review 4 months, 1 week ago
I was reminded by Todd Keisling’s post as part of his book tour that people are not using the “Write a Post” feature here as much as they could be. It’d be great to see other writers use this option as part of […]Henry Baum wrote a new post, Print Still Matters , on the site Self-Publishing Review 5 months ago
This is pretty bad news for self-publishers, given that many self-publishers are digital-only:
Sixty-one percent of book purchases by frequent book buyers take place online, but only seven percent of those […]
Henry Baum posted an update 5 months ago
Redesigned my book site: http://www.theamericanbookofthedead.com
Henry Baum wrote a new post, Self-Publishing: Hard Work, on the site Self-Publishing Review 5 months, 1 week ago
A good post and discussion at Rachelle Gardner’s blog: 5 Surprises About Self-Publishing. This leaps out:4. I overestimated my ability to sell books. I have lists of bookstores at which I’ve done appearances, […]
Henry Baum wrote a new post, Details on the Smashwords Sale to Libraries, on the site Self-Publishing Review 5 months, 1 week ago
Recently it was reported that the Douglas County Library system bought 10,000 Smashwords titles to add to its collection of ebooks. An interesting piece from Library Journal shows just how hard this was to work […]Henry Baum wrote a new post, Self-Publishing: For Genre Writers Only, on the site Self-Publishing Review 5 months, 1 week ago
Jane Friedman has a provocative post about self-publishing that has the potential to rekindle age-old genre wars: whether or not genre is “serious” fiction. But that’s not really what she’s getting at. Her point […]Henry Baum wrote a new post, Lulu Nixes DRM for eBooks, on the site Self-Publishing Review 5 months, 1 week ago
An interesting announcement by Lulu, posted on their blog.Effective January 15, 2013, Lulu will no longer offer Adobe’s Digital Editions DRM as an option when publishing or revising eBook content in EPUB and PDF […]
Henry Baum posted an update 5 months, 3 weeks ago
I released Part II of my novel. See here: http://www.theamericanbookofthedead.com/2012/12/24/part-ii-is-out/
Henry Baum wrote a new post, Guy Kawasaki on Self-Publishing, on the site Self-Publishing Review 6 months, 1 week ago
Henry Baum wrote a new post, The Big Six Goes Self-Publishing, on the site Self-Publishing Review 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Via the New York Times:Big publishers have been tentative about entering the market, partly for fear of tarnishing their brand by allowing content they have not reviewed to be published under their name.
But […]
Henry Baum posted an update 6 months, 3 weeks ago
For months, Bluehost told me there was something wrong with the site which was causing the site to run slowly. After months of tweaking the site, they realized it was a hardware problem on their end and have migrated SPR to a new server. So: good news is the site should run fine now for everyone.
Henry Baum posted a new activity comment 7 months, 2 weeks ago
In reply to: Henry Baum posted an update Sorry about the junk email. Her account’s been deleted. ViewMessaging is turned off now. Not clear people use it very much anyway.
Henry Baum posted an update 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Sorry about the junk email. Her account’s been deleted.
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Messaging is turned off now. Not clear people use it very much anyway.