All tagged self-publishing

FINDING THE RIGHT COPYEDITOR

By Nicky Hackett

So you’ve written your manuscript, revised it with a developmental editor and a few trusted readers (and then revised it again), and you feel ready to move forward. What is your next step? Well, if you are self-publishing, now is the time to connect with a professional copyeditor to give your manuscript that final polish.

DEVELOPING YOUR BRAND AS AN AUTHOR

By Nicky Hackett

Everyone has a brand...BUT IS YOUR BRAND WHAT YOU WANT?

Our brand is the way we present ourselves and how others perceive us. It’s our writer persona and personality. It’s how people identify us in their minds and emotions. Think of an author, any author. What comes to mind? Their face? Their signature? Is it something they wrote? Or something they said? Something others said about them?

5 REASONS TO BE CAUTIOUS OF PAY-TO-PUBLISH PUBLISHERS

By Nicky Hackett

The pay-to-publish world (also called subsidy or vanity publishing) includes publishers who sell their expertise to help launch unrecognized authors, unscrupulous pseudo-experts making as much as they can off inexperienced authors, and many others in between. Going with a subsidy publisher can be cheaper and seem easier than paying for quality editors, designers, and project managers, but it’s not uncommon to end up with a shoddy product. Here are five important things to know about paying to publish…

SO YOU WANT TO PUBLISH A BOOK...

By Nicky Hackett

Many people are drawn to writing and publishing their own ideas. But before you invest everything it takes, it is helpful to be very clear about WHY this is important to you. Writing and publishing a book IS a rewarding, life changing experience, but it’s seldom financially profitable, and book sales often don’t cover the cost of production. So why make the investment?