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S. G. Royle commented on the blog post Self-Publishing or Indie – What’s in a Name 1 year, 8 months ago
One of the things I didn’t make clear in my post was that I believe that the major force driving the change is the emergence as a viable commercial medium of the ebook. My assumptions are based on the premise that the ebook will come to dominate as the most used media in publishing. If [...]
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S. G. Royle commented on the blog post Self-Publishing or Indie – What’s in a Name 1 year, 8 months ago
@RF – I’m not surprised that you found that incorrect article to be the truth, because you’re about as out of touch with reality as she was. Your comment seems to lump self-publishing in with Vanity. Very old argument and, yes, I did read, “a clear distinction must be drawn between self-published and vanity-published books”; [...]
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S. G. Royle commented on the blog post Self-Publishing or Indie – What’s in a Name 1 year, 8 months ago
@ Shirley – yes marketing is the problem, however as with most problems it also represents opportunity. I think that as the market develops the issue of whether a book has been trad or self published will cease to be an issue. What will be an issue is how these books are marketed. I think [...]
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Simon Royle wrote a new blog post: Self-Publishing or Indie – What’s in a Name 1 year, 8 months ago
The playing field of publishing has tilted, but it hasn’t leveled by any means. The vast majority of books sold still involve the cutting down of a tree and the passing through of some very tiny gates. But it is has tilted, and if you step back, and make a little director’s square with your hands, [...] -
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A3: Authors Assisting Authors: 1 year, 8 months agoOne thing I notice is that sites like http://www.mobileread.com/forums/ get you a lot more attention than writing forums. It seems obvious but I notice that a lot of authors run to writing forums as opposed to reading forums. Librarything and Goodreads are two more examples.
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S. G. Royle commented on the blog post For Foreign Authors Wishing to Publish on Amazon: Read This 1 year, 8 months ago
@girlfrombim Yes if you are a foreigner selling on Amazon, then it makes no difference where you have or have not sold your work previously – you need above documents.
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S. G. Royle commented on the blog post Mark Coker Responds to Amazon’s Delisting Policy 1 year, 8 months ago
Coming “from” tech world a frequent discussion starter is, “how do I monetize my following on xyz.” This discussion is being held at Twitter every day, and at FB regularly. Build it and they will come, has been done – now it’s how do we make money out of “they”. At the moment, Amazon have [...]
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Simon Royle wrote a new blog post: For Foreign Authors Wishing to Publish on Amazon: Read This 1 year, 8 months ago
This post is for foreign authors wishing to publish on Amazon; the complete lowdown on how to get a US TIN (Tax Identification Number) and file a W8-BEN. Below is what it says on DTP Amazon:
I am a foreign resident in a country with a U.S. tax treaty and have provided a Form W8-BEN, but the [...]
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