self-publishing

S34E9 – Two Publishing Paths: Pros and Cons

Books have a publishing standard, and every Indie Author is responsible to their readers in making sure those standards are met or exceeded. – Eeva Lancaster

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S25E7 – A Guide to Publishing

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. – Mortimer J. Adler

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S20 Bonus – Myth Ten: Self-Publishing is Free

At heart, self-publishing is kind of like a bake sale. The end product does not need to resemble the one that comes from a commercial bakery, but it must taste good. No one wants the lumpy, under-baked oatmeal cookies with spinach and alfalfa flavored chips. – D.C. Williams

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S13E3 – Worrying About Word Count

I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread. – JRR Tolkein

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S12E1 – Finding Your Target Audience

In my opinion, understanding who your target audience is, and what they want, and writing to them (and only them!) is the most important component of being successful as an author. – John Locke

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S11E6 – Edit: Why Editing is Essential for the Business of Publishing

Writing without revising is the literary equivalent of waltzing gaily out of the house in your underwear. – Patricia Fuller

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S5E9 – How Do I Help Authors I Support?

Every book, ever volume you see, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and lived it and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens. – Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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S5E7 – What’s the Difference? Traditional vs. Self-Publishing

Books have a publishing standard, and every indie author is responsible to their readers in making sure those standards are met or exceeded. – Eeva Lancaster

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December: Writer’s Frequently Asked Questions

Writing is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. – George Orwell

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