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Category Archives: Business of Publishing

Apply for the 2012 Eric Hoffer Awards – Due January 21st

Got this press release, . . . so here you go: – – – – ->8 snip 8<- – – – – When you register for an Eric Hoffer Award, your book is considered for a prize in one of 16 unique categories; a press distinction as either a small press, academic press, micro press,…

Independent Publishers: A Couple of Awards for You

Got a note from Jim Barnes over at bookpublishing.com. There are two book awards you might want to compete in. Check them out: 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards 16th Annual Awards – Early-Bird Entry savings until January 7th • World’s Largest Book Awards contest, for indies only • 72 National Categories – 22 Regional Categories,…

Free Audio Download: Technical Details of Book Publishing

I gave a live presentation to the Sacramento Non-Fiction Authors Meetup in September on all the Technical Details of Book Publishing. Well, at least a bunch of technical details. Topics included – Legal Disclaimers – Library of Congress Catalog in Publication process – Copyrights – Misc. Details I recorded the presentation, including questions and answers. That…

Join The New Authors’ Meetup

Sacramento authors have a real treat in store for themselves this week. The always-amazing Stephanie Chandler is starting a new Meetup group called the Nonfiction Authors Network. The first meeting is Wednesday, Sept. 21st at 6:30 PM. Details are at Meetup.com. The meeting format is modeled after the very successful Sacramento Speakers Network, which Stephanie…

1 Shopping Cart Users: It’s Time For Larger Uploads!

Do you use 1 Shopping Cart (1shoppingcart.com)? Then you probably would like to see some improvements. I am 90% happy with 1shoppingcart.com. I’ve been renewing it at the highest level for six years now. It is amazing and feature rich. But 1shoppingcart.com has one huge drawback: It limits downloadable products to 7 MB. That’s not…

Lightning Source Announcing Print on Demand in Australia

One of the main reasons I LOVE Lightning Source for printing my books is that they have printing facilities in Europe, the U.K., and the U.S. There are times when it just makes sense for me to print books in the UK and have them shipped directly to the buyers. Australia has always been a…

A Little Perspective on Amazon and Taxes

For ten years, Amazon has offered an “affiliate” program. Affiliate marketing is a great thing. Basically, you give people a special link. When they send people to your web site, you give them a commission fee. It might be 1% or 5% or 10%. Whatever works in a specific industry. Basically, you embed an affiliate…

Dan Poynter’s Publishing Poynters MARKETPLACE Newsletter

If you want to connect with an amazing regular newsletter, you can’t do better than Dan Poynter’s Publishing Poynters MARKETPLACE Newsletter The June newsletter has just been released. Give it a look at http://parapub.com/files/newsletter/PPM-June%202011.pdf. In This Issue of The Marketplace: A. ParaStories-Stories/Information Wanted B. ParaWants-Publishing Items, Services & Help Wanted C. ParaSales-Companies/Properties/Jobs/Rights to buy or…

You Need a Marketing Plan for Your Book

Before you write your book – and while you write your book – you need to start creating a marketing plan. Unless you’re just writing for fun, you have to figure out how you’ll make money with this book. A marketing plan will give you a bit of reality on the question of whether you’ll…

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