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How I Went From “Big 5 or Die!” to Ecstatic Self-Published Author

Jane Friedman

When I started writing my memoir, my publishing goal was Big Five or nothing. Anyone could self-publish. A New York publishing house sat around a table and debated making an offer on my book?! I never considered that my manuscript would reach 50 editor inboxes and not find a publisher. What were my publishing goals now ?

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Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 1/30-2/3

Publishing Trends

­ Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Amazon saw its first unprofitable year since 2014. The post Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 1/30-2/3 appeared first on Publishing Trends. Which changes have kept Barnes & Noble afloat ?

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Author Mindset Tips And Publishing In Germany With AD Wilk

The Creative Penn

How can you successfully self-publish in Germany? This episode is sponsored by Publisher Rocket , which will help you get your book in front of more Amazon readers so you can spend less time marketing and more time writing. A year later, I published my first book, and I got to make a living from it almost immediately.

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Kristy Cambron joins Gardner Literary

Rachelle Gardner

Kristy has been a published author since 2014 with numerous books for HarperCollins including historical fiction, Bible studies, Bibles, a Bible study journal, and a gift book anthology for Dayspring. I’m excited to announce Kristy Cambron has joined Gardner Literary as our newest agent!

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Transmedia And Self-Publishing Comics And Graphic Novels With Barry Nugent

The Creative Penn

In the intro, Amazon changes ebook return policy [ Society of Authors ]; Spotify introduces audiobooks [ Spotify ; FindawayVoices ; Publishing Perspectives ]; Neal Stephenson on The Sword Guy podcast. I use Publisher Rocket for researching book titles, categories, and keywords — for new books and for updating my backlist. Show Notes.

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Substack Is Both Great and Terrible for Authors

Jane Friedman

Recently I dug up a 2014 presentation I gave at the James River Writers Conference, where the first slide says, “Email is not dead.” I feel confident that my free newsletter will not stop publishing until I retire from writing and publishing. Children’s author Meg Medina has a newsletter like this, as do many published authors.

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Why Bloggers Should Self-Publish

ProBlogger

I’ve published seven books in the past seven years, five with traditional publishers (Wiley, Penguin, HarperCollins), and the last two I’ve self-published. In this post I give the specific details of all of my sales numbers and advances with the traditional publishers. Why bloggers should self-publish.