#SelfPubHelp: Top 3 Pieces of Self-Publishing Wisdom

Recently a friend put me in touch with a friend of hers who just self-published his first novel (Hi, Adam!), and in the course of our email exchange, he asked me what my top 2 or 3 bits of self-publishing advice are. Tough question, but fun to ponder, and as I wrote back to him, I thought, I should really share these on the blog, so here goes! 1. Don't join Kindle Select and thereby cave in to...

#SelfPubAdvice #BookMarketing: Getting Reviews

In this post, an excerpt from The Sane Person's Guide to Self-Publishing. Links to sites referenced in this post can be found under the resources tab above. There’s not much you can do to get readers to review your book aside from politely asking them, which you should do. There are, however, lots of ways to pay for reviews. Thanks to the culture of online reviews, high profile reviews no longer...

#SelfPubAdvice: Planning your book launch

In this post, an excerpt from The Sane Person's Guide to Self-Publishing. Your book launch is your first step towards establishing your book’s discoverability, so it is worth doing some careful planning. While we indie authors don’t have the resources of a publishing house to place ads in the New York Times book review, get reviews in glossy magazines, and throw parties with jumbo shrimp and champagne,...

#BookMarketing for Indie Authors: Preparing for Author/Book Fairs

In this post, some general tips about setting up an eye-catching table at book and author fairs. Let me tell you about the first time I had a table at a book fair. I was representing The Worcester Review at the book fair of the Mass Poetry Festival. I had never done any events like that before, and I was completely unprepared. I showed up with a box of back issues, an envelope of one dollar bills...

#SelfPubAdvice: Turn your book into an audiobook!

In this post, an excerpt from The Sane Person's Guide to Self-Publishing on creating audiobooks. Audiobooks are a fast-growing segment of the book market thanks to the ease of listening to books via smartphones and tablets. Did you know that you, little old you, you the indie author, can turn your book into an audiobook for a total cost of ZERO DOLLARS? For real. You can turn your book into...

Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog for self-publishing resources.  A little bit about me: I am the author of two novels (see sidebar) and one guidebook for self-publishing. My life as an indie-author had its roots in blogging back in 2011. Once I began publishing my fiction in 2012, I kept blogging as a way to stay in touch with readers. A lot of my entries had to do with self-publishing, as that...