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Consumers Guide for Self-Publishers
Reviews of writing and publishing companies, tools, and services for authors
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
This trusted resource reviews tools and services that help you write, edit, format, design, fund, publish, sell, market, and promote your books. Take all the doubt out of your decisions about what vendors to use in your journey as an independent author and keep this reference handy. Free updates with reader mailing list signup.
by Rachel Aaron
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2012
"I loved this book! So helpful!" -- Courtney Milan, New York Times Best Selling author of The Governess Affair
"Have you ever wanted to double your daily word counts? Do you feel like you're crawling through your story, struggling for each paragraph? Would you like to get more...
Take Off Your Pants!
Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing (Revised Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
When it comes to writing books, are you a “plotter” or a “pantser?” Is one method really better than the other?
In this instructional ebook, author Libbie Hawker explains the benefits and technique of planning a story before you begin to write. She’ll show you how to develop a foolproof...
How to Self-Publish
The Essential Guide for Taking Your Idea to Market
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
Are you ready to self-publish?
Are you overwhelmed by the tsunami of online advice?
Don’t waste your time - grab this guide and get published!
You want to self-publish, but you don’t know where to begin.
How long will it take me to write the first draft? When do I need to hire an...
by John Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
The classic for serious fiction writers: “The book is the result of John Gardner’s twenty-odd years of teaching experience, and it shows” (Anne Tyler).
In this essential guide, John Gardner advises the aspiring fiction author on such topics as the value of creative writing workshops,...
How to Market a Book
Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Do you want to sell more books and reach more readers?
Do you want to discover how to build an author career for the long-term as well as spike your book sales right now?
If you don’t know much about marketing, don’t worry. We all start with nothing.
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by Joanna Penn
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Are you ready to take the next step in your author journey?
Art for the sake of art is important. Writing for the love of it, or to create something beautiful on the page, is absolutely worthwhile and critical to expand the sum of human expression.
But I’m not here to talk about creativity...
Opening Up To Indie Authors
A Guide for Bookstores, Libraries, Reviewers, Literary Event Organisers ... and Self-Publishing Writers (The Alliance of Independent Authors Guides)
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
You've self-published a book and you'd like to see it in your local library or bookstore or the review pages of your favourite newspaper. You'd like to speak or read at a literary festival or event. You'd like to enter it for a book award or prize. This Alliance of Independent Authors...
Successful Self-Publishing
How to self-publish and market your book in ebook, print and audiobook formats
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Do you want to successfully self-publish in ebook, print and audiobook formats?
There are thousands of new books being published every day, but many self-published books quickly sink to the bottom of the pile.
Many authors are frustrated because there are so many options for self-publishing,...
Write Away
One Writer's Approach to the Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Bestselling author Elizabeth George has spent years teaching writing, and in Write Away she shares her knowledge of the creative process. George combines clear, intelligent, and functional advice on fiction writing with anecdotes from her own life, the story of her journey to publication, and inside...
The Self-Publisher’s Ultimate Resource Guide
Every Indie Author’s Essential Directory—To Help You Prepare, Publish, and Promote Professional Looking Books
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
“An essential reference to the best publishing resources for every self-published author. Highly recommended.” -- Mark Coker, Smashwords founder
“This short-cut to the top pros—editors, designers, marketers, bloggers, distributors—is just exactly what we’ve...
The Renegade Writer
A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Let two veteran writers show you how to break the rules of freelancing to score the best assignments...and make more money! You do what you’re told by the experts: You read six months of back issues before pitching ideas. You follow writer’s guidelines. You give editors eight weeks to respond...
by Jack Woodford
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2012
Trial and Error is the most controversial and famous how-to-write book ever written. It caused a scandal at the time of its publication due to its no-holds-barred insights into the publishing industry, and has been reprinted numerous times.
Its express intent is to assist a person in writing...
How to Write a Novel in Ten Days
A WMG Writer's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Even in today’s fast-paced world, the myth that writing fast equals writing badly—or, conversely, writing well equals writing slowly—persists. Now, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith aims to shatter this myth once and for all with this latest WMG Writer’s Guide.
In...