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Indie Publishing Resolutions for 2021

Indie Publishing Resolutions for 2021

by Michele DeFilippo | Dec 16, 2020 | Self-publishing for professionals

Pandemic publishing is sure to stay with us in 2021. As with other businesses, indie publishers have been met with challenges due to social distancing, work-from-home, reduced revenue and more. At the same time, people are reading more than ever. And, because indie...
Cutting Corners Can Kill Your Book and Your Brand

Cutting Corners Can Kill Your Book and Your Brand

by Michele DeFilippo | Nov 16, 2020 | Self-publishing for professionals

By Wally Bock, The Writer’s Edge A couple of weeks ago, I had a Zoom chat with a woman who wanted to write a book to help her business. Before we chatted, I checked out her website and her LinkedIn page. She seemed successful, mid-career, and ready to boost her...
Why Now Is a Good Time to Self-Publish a Book

Why Now Is a Good Time to Self-Publish a Book

by Michele DeFilippo | Apr 8, 2020 | How to Self-publish a Book, Self-publishing for professionals, Selling Books

Self-publishing your book might not be at the top of your agenda these days. But if your book is written and ready to self-publish, here are five reasons why this is a good time to self-publish. People want a diversion Right now, many people are stuck at home due to...
The Cost to Self-Publish

The Cost to Self-Publish

by Michele DeFilippo | Feb 26, 2020 | Publishing Options, Self-publishing for professionals

In truth, the title of this article should read, “The Cost of Publishing Services,” as the cost to self-publish is almost zero. As we’ve written here previously, anyone can self-publish a book using IngramSpark and Amazon KDP, the only cost being IngramSpark’s title...
How to Choose Your Publishing Team

How to Choose Your Publishing Team

by Michele DeFilippo | Jan 15, 2020 | How to Self-publish a Book, Self-publishing for professionals, Self-publishing Specialists

As the publishing team for hundreds of authors each year, we look forward to the times when we can share with our authors in their joy of winning book awards. We love posting on social media about our authors who have won book awards, and we’ve recently introduced a...
Top Ten 1106 Design Self-Publishing Blog Posts of the Decade

Top Ten 1106 Design Self-Publishing Blog Posts of the Decade

by Michele DeFilippo | Jan 2, 2020 | How to Self-publish a Book, Self-publishing for professionals, Uncategorized

According to the old adage, “Everything old is new again.” When we reviewed our ten most popular self-publishing blog posts of the last decade, we noticed that the page views for the blog reflect the issues that consistently concern authors no matter what the year:...
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Zoom, Slack, Microsoft Teams—at the beginning of 2020, not too many people would recognize the name of even one of these tools. Twelve months later, many of us are working remotely due to COVID-19, and Zoom is so popular that it’s become a verb—to “Zoom” means to chat...

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Indie Publishing Resolutions for 2021

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