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As the landscape in publishing continues to change, authors of all types are looking into self-publishing options. Maybe you’re a veteran author who has regained the rights to your backlist titles, and want to self-publish to get these titles back in...

Photo Credit: Louis Kirby In this digital age, publishing a book has never been easier. In fact, you can take a manuscript, load it up onto one of a dozen websites and in a day have your project out in the marketplace. But it won’t sell nor will...

Following our Amazon theme this month, I’m talking with critique partner John J. Rust about his experiences publishing with CreateSpace. Welcome to the Blood Red Pencil, John. When you were first ready to publish a book, did you explore other avenues...

The problem with self-publishing is that it's very easy to do badly. I'm talking about those books that have four typos on the first page; the ones with the amateurish cover designs. You know: the books you put down after half a chapter because the main...

If you finished National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) with a complete 50K word draft, congratulations! Last year, only 18% of people who started NaNoWrimo finished, so getting this far is a huge accomplishment. And for those of you who decide to self...