Self-Publishing

Infographic: The Wholesale Dollar Value of U.S. Book Sales

2011 book sales in the U.S. included $14 billion in trade book sales as well as $9.5 billion textbook sales and $3.3 billion professional and scholarly book sales. During 2011, ebooks accounted for $2.1 billion (about 30%) of adult fiction sales – and adult fiction sales represented 97% of all ebook sales. Source: BookStats 2012 […]

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Ebook Publishing: The Best Deal for Book Authors and Novelists?

Author’s Question: Does selling rights to a novel make sense anymore? Or should I simply publish ebook editions of my new novel? Publishing ebooks may well be the best answer for any book author, fiction or nonfiction. #ebooks Click To Tweet John’s Answer: Novelists are starting to realize that signing deals with major book publishers […]

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Jim Kukral on Publishing Your Own Ebook

Have you ever considered publishing your own ebook? Are you wondering what the advantages are for marketers? To learn more about publishing ebooks, Michael Stelzner of Social Media Marketing interviewed Jim Kukral, author of Attention: This Book Will Make Your Money. Learn how to . . . Participate in the Kindle Direct Publishing Select Program. […]

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Boyd Morrison on Writing Thrillers and Self-Publishing

Ebooks and self-publishing are mainstream these days but a few years ago ebooks were relatively unknown. Boyd Morrison was one of the first authors to upload a novel to Kindle, subsequently getting a book deal off the back of his self-published success. This year his US publisher decided to let him go so now he […]