Self-Publishing

Books Can Change People’s Lives

Here’s an interesting item I found while reading Redbook Magazine. Many women are reporting that reading Fifty Shades of Grey has made them feel like taking control in the bedroom – despite the book’s emphasis on sexual submission. A study done in England reports that women had about three times more sex after reading Fifty […]

Dallas Clayton: An Awesome World of Book Marketing

Dallas Clayton, author of An Awesome Book! and other children’s books, originally self-published his first book after getting multiple rejections. His story was featured in a TV commercial for Google Chrome. The video had 186,000 views in less than 3 months. The commercial was featured on TV and Hulu, among other sites. I’m sure Dallas […]

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Carl Sagan: Books Work Magic

Carl Sagan: A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic. — Carl Sagan #books #authors Click To Tweet 16 490

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Mark Coker: eBook Publishing Predictions for 2013

Mark Coker of Smashwords recently made the following predictions about ebooks and publishing for the upcoming year (2013). 1. Ebooks as a percentage of overall trade book sales in the US should hit 45%, up from what I’m estimating will probably be 30% in 2012. We’ll still continue to see ebooks take eyeballs from print […]