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Interview: MCM, author of The Pig and the Box

This interview welcomes the first children’s book writer/illustrator to Self-Publishing Review. I found the author via a post by Wil Wheaton and MCM has all the right ideas about DIY publishing. Read SPR’s review of The Pig and the Box.

Self-Publishing Review: Your book The Pig and the Box has been downloaded over 1.5 million times, and translated into 15 languages. How did that happen? That’s pretty intense distribution.

MCM: I think it all boils down to the subject matter. At the time I wrote it, there was a controversy about a project called “Captain Copyright,” which was […]

Henry Baum2011-10-08T20:02:18+02:00March 12th, 2009|Categories: Interviews, Lead Story|

Interview: Anna Lewis from CompletelyNovel.com

There are more hybrid social network/book marketing sites coming online now. A few examples: BookaBook, Webook, Long Tale Press. Even HarperCollins has gotten into the act with Authonomy. Each of those offers a rating system, where readers can vote on their favorite books. This is far from the most perfect solution, as it can turn into a popularity contest – the person with the most traffic wins, as opposed to the person with the most compelling book.

Completely Novel takes the competition out of the social network by purely offering writers a place to promote books. […]

Henry Baum2011-10-08T20:03:23+02:00March 9th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|

Interview: Christopher Meeks, author of The Brightest Moon of the Century

Christopher Meeks has published three books via Lulu: The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea, Months and Seasons, and a play, Who Lives? His first novel, The Brightest Moon of the Century, was just released to stellar reviews, including one from the Self-Publishing Review.

Self-Publishing Review: The Brightest Moon of the Century has its origin in a story in Months and Seasons. Why was this the character you chose to write a longer work of fiction about?

Christopher Meeks: I’d already written a few drafts of The Brightest Moon of the Century by the point I […]

Henry Baum2011-10-08T19:26:34+02:00March 4th, 2009|Categories: Interviews, Lead Story|

Guest Post: Brent Sampson from Outskirts Press

Brent Sampson is the president and CEO of Outskirts Press, offering self-publishing, marketing, and distribution services. He’s also the best-selling author of Sell Your Book on Amazon (to be reviewed here soon), Self-Publishing Simplified, and Adventures in Publishing. Brent says, “Outskirts Press has helped thousands of authors realize their dreams of publishing profitably and is the third fastest growing privately-held company in Colorado.”

31 Self Publishing Tips for Small Press Month

Since March is Small Press Month, this is the month to promote your self-published book! With that in mind, here are 31 ways you can market […]

Guest Post2011-10-08T19:27:08+02:00March 2nd, 2009|Categories: Interviews|

Introduction: Tia Nevitt of Fantasy Debut

When I started Fantasy Debut in June of 2007, I was delighted because it was noticed almost immediately by the science fiction blogging community. I had no idea about anything in the blogging world; I didn’t know any of the bloggers, and I never figured that people would want to send me free books.

The book offers began within three months, and from the first, I was very careful about accepting books. This is because I don’t have time to read fast, and I don’t like getting myself overbooked. I had to narrow my focus to keep up with all […]

Tia Nevitt2011-10-08T20:39:04+02:00February 23rd, 2009|Categories: Interviews|

Interview: Rudy Rucker on the Present and Future of Self-Publishing

On the heels of the interview with Tessa Dick, last wife of Philip K. Dick, comes an interview with Rudy Rucker, often called the heir apparent to Philip K. Dick. Winner of two Philip K. Dick Awards, Rudy Rucker is the author of the novels Frek and the Elixer, Spaceland, and many others. He also has a interest in self-publishing: putting out a book of paintings through Lulu, allowing a free download of his novel Postsingular, and publishing ebooks with e-reads. Here the visionary writer talks about mixing traditional publishing with the new publishing technology.[…]

Henry Baum2011-10-08T20:05:28+02:00February 19th, 2009|Categories: Interviews, Lead Story|

Interview: Tessa Dick, author of The Owl in Daylight, and widow of Philip K. Dick

An interview with Tessa Dick, last wife of Philip K. Dick, who has reworked the novel he was working on at the time of his death in 1982, The Owl in Daylight – reviewed by SPR. She blogs at It’s a Philip K. Dick World!

Self-Publishing Review: You were married to Philip K. Dick between 1973 and 1977. How did you two meet?

Tessa Dick: Phil’s lady friend at the time, Ginger, was breaking up with him. Phil was clinging to her, so she decided to introduce him to someone else at a beach party on the 4th of […]

Henry Baum2011-10-08T20:44:12+02:00February 12th, 2009|Categories: Interviews, Lead Story|

SPR Interviewed on Tuesday Shorts

I was interviewed by Tuesday Shorts, a great flash fiction (100 words or less) site. I’d like to thank Kristen Tsetsi, one of the site’s editors, for putting this together.

This interview gives me a reason to write about something I’ve wanted to touch on: the idea that self-publishing will hurt your future chances in publishing. Saying that self-publishing will ruin your career prospects is almost like saying that the only reason to write is to make money – i.e. that career is the only worthwhile ambition.

How does this apply to the interview? Because it shows things […]

Henry Baum2011-10-08T19:32:08+02:00February 5th, 2009|Categories: Interviews|