The Six Sins of Self Publishing
By: on July 31, 2003 | # | Comments (0) | Something Different
Ken Volmer, author of The Wanderlust Survival Guide has just written The Six Sins of Self Publishing. It's chock full of great insider info. The kind that only mistakes can teach. If you are considering self publishing your next book, check out the Do's and Don'ts that Ken has offered up. It could save you time, and money.
Maybe in his next piece Ken will tell us what did work. How many copies were enough, how he ended up dealing with fulfillment and what his options were, the rollercoaster of feelings that come with the next step—selling it to a publisher, or being satisfied with selling it from home.
Jeff Greenwald also self published one of his books, Scratching the Surface.Read Rolf Pott's interview with him on Media Bistro. "A Travel Writer's Adventures in Self Publishing."
Lunch Break: A Publishing Life in Portland
By: on July 30, 2003 | # | Comments (2) | Personal
Where are the "I love Google" bumper stickers?
Krista and I are kicking ass over here in the TT office. Booking events for Sand right and left. I can vaguely remember a day in recent weeks when I've been as happy as I was this morning. I'm usually happy, but this was singing at the top of my lungs happy (You're Still the One and Neil Diamond's Cracklin Rose). Everything seems to be coming together. Beyond events. Beyond Sand.
And even as there are near perfect Bay Area jobs beckoning to be replied to, still I holdfast to the bigger dream. Location.
If it's not Australia, then it's got to be Portland. This is for our lunchbreak Krista. Thanks for everything these past few days. For your post Oregon positivity, and mostly for the croissant.
Portland Metropolitan Association of Writers, Editors, & Publishers
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