Self Publishing

Self-publishing has become a catch-all term that can be used to describe vanity publishing, subsidy publishing or independent ("indie") publishing.

A vanity publisher will accept any manuscript submitted to it and turn that manuscript into a book via its own editing, packaging and manufacture processes, all of which are offered to the author for a fee. The author must commit to buying a minimum quantity of the resulting book. Usually, the author must sign over some or all of her rights to the work being published for a fixed term as well. The vanity publisher may also offer ebook or audiobook production services, book distribution and marketing services on a fee basis.

Subsidy publishing is virtually identical to vanity publishing, except that subsidy publishers have a manuscript selection process and some subsidy outfits do not require the author to sign over future publication rights.

Indie publishing is used to describe the activities of individual authors or author collectives who essentially act as their own publishers. Editing, cover design, typesetting, printing, distribution and other services are hired by the indie publisher as needed, but the indie publisher himself manages the entire process and retains all rights to his work.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Self Publishing”

• Guest blogger…Jana Oliver on Self Publishing

  
  Trivial Pursuits — Authority: 476
  Since the internets are still kinda buzzing about the ‘assisted self pub’ hoopla with Author Solutions/Harlequin Horizons/Dellarte Press, I wanted to discuss self publishing a bit more in depth…but being lazy, I didn’t want to do all the resarch myself, so I found a fellow RWA member who has some experience in ...
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• Author Solutions Partner With On Demand Books For EBM Access

  
  POD, Self Publishing and Independent Publishing — Authority: 424
  Still dancing in the headlights of publicity stirred up by their partnerships with publishers Thomas Nelson and Harlequin, Author Solutions today announced another new partnership with On Demand Books , owners of the Espresso Book Machine . Author Solutions will provide self-publishing authors with an online web ...
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• Smart Internet Business Leaders Have Discovered That Marketing a Book Is a Good Investment Of Their Time

  
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  An Important INTERNET SEO Report: From One Gutsy Online Solopreneur to Another In hard times like these, finding new ways to make more money is usually the highest reward experience for experienced corporate executive. How does this happen? Low and behold, it is no surprise that one of the best ways that is ...
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• Self-Publishing The Hard Way: The Art Of Giving Birth

  
  Art Journals — Authority: 144
  You know? When you publish a book and send it out into the world, it’s like giving birth to a baby. Everyone checks out your baby. Is it breath-taking? Does it have ten toes and ten fingers? Is it pink and sweet or does it look like an extra from “Alien?” We writers are baring our souls, our deepest thoughts, ...
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• NaNoWriMo RE: Why does CreateSpace ask for your social security number?

  
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  EquuestriaanWhy does CreateSpace ask for your social security number?51,083 / 50,000Official ParticipantJoined: Nov 6, 2008Location: Haverford, PAPosts: 30Posted on:Dec 9, 2009 – 18 33My mom won’t let me do the createspace thing because it makes you give your social security number! Any idea why they ask for ...
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• NaNoWriMo RE: Why does CreateSpace ask for your social security number?

  
  EK's Writing Blog — Authority: 132
  Equuestriaan Why does CreateSpace ask for your social security number? 51,083 / 50,000 Official Participant Joined: Nov 6, 2008 Location: Haverford, PA Posts: 30 Posted on: Dec 9, 2009 - 18 33 My mom wont let me do the createspace thing because it makes you give your social security ...
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• Marketing your Self-published Book: The Law of the Shovel

  
  Self Publishing Advice — Authority: 120
  If you want to dig a big hole, you’ve got to know where you’re digging and stay in one place. I work with many writers who come to me with a manuscript and say, “Publish this! It’s going to be a bestseller!” I celebrate confidence and enthusiasm. Indispensable characteristics in successfully marketing ...
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• Goal Oriented Online Small Business Owners Are Getting Reading For Next Year By Learning How To Market a Book Fast and Increase Profits

  
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• NaNoWriMo Roundup of the Experience

  
  The Creative Penn — Authority: 504
  This is my final NaNoWriMo 2009 post. I stopped at 20,033 words and happily so. I thought I would manage 50,000 in a month, but although I didn’t “win” officially, I still feel I have won. I have 20,000 words on my novel, a decent idea that excites me and a goal for finishing it in 2010. I can share that my ...
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• Self-publishing vs. “Assisted” Self Publishing/Vanity Press

  
  Trivial Pursuits — Authority: 476
  Everybody, please bear in mind, I’m no self-publishing expert.  I’m not too educated on it, and that’s fine with me because self publishing looks like a hell of a lot of work. If you want to self publish, be prepared to do that hell of a lot of work. Or, you can spent a lot more money for ‘assisted’ self ...
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• Preying on Dreams

  
  A Writer's Life — Authority: 597
  Author Laura Lippman, who will be MWA president next year, commented on her blog about the reaction among self-published authors to MWAs decision. She wrote: As the incoming MWA president, I have no voting rights, no role in policy-making. I am the happiest little figurehead you ever did see. But I served two terms ...
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• Will the Harlequin Controversy Affect Your Self-Publishing Route?

  
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  More and more, self-publishing for authors has become acceptable, in non-fiction and fiction.  Romance Image:sxc.hu  Some of these self-publishers evolve into small publishing houses.   However, some of the traditional publishers frown on this practice, while others look for good self-published books to pick ...
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• Part 1: Why indie authors will break traditional publishers

  
  Brad's Reader — Authority: 125
  I think large publishing houses are scared, and for good reason. They’re faced with an enemy that they see as a threat to their business. I’m talking about the growing number of indie authors – those who totally bypass the large publishing houses and self-publish their books in print and digital format. Indie ...
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• Book Doctor on Editing & Self-publishing Fees

  
  Self Publishing Advice — Authority: 120
  Q: Someone at my office inquired about the going rate for editors. His daughter was offered a chance to edit proposals seven to fifteen pages long. I did not know what to tell them to charge. Do you have any idea? A: “The going rate” for editors won’t be the same rate as a person just starting into the ...
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• My response to Mr. Kevin Weiss of Author Solutions

  
  Trivial Pursuits — Authority: 476
  So Mr Weiss of Author Solutions (Author Solutions is in with the HQN/HHz/Dellarte Press mess) has a video response to the outcry coming from the writing community. Here’s my response to his response. Mr. Weiss, if Author Solutions truly represented SELF PUBLISHING, I’d have less of an issue.  Granted, the ...
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• Yes, Standards Exist

  
  A Writer's Life — Authority: 597
  Author Sandra Ruttan has blogged at length on numerous sites about her problems with the MWA taking an ethical stand against Harlequins business practices. She writes, in part: However, in all of this, do you notice what isn’t discussed? What is and is not eligible is determined by guidelines involving advances ...
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• J-students: create your own e-magazine calling card

  
  Freelance Unbound — Authority: 124
  Electronic newspapers and magazines are being  touted by the media industry as a way of clinging on to readers and revenue. Adobe spent a couple of days at last month’s MediaPro 09 publishing expo in London heavily pushing its Air publishing tool , which allows clients to publish a digital facsimile of their ...
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• ASI CEO Responds To Harlequin/Thomas Nelson Paid-Publishing Debate With Statement

  
  POD, Self Publishing and Independent Publishing — Authority: 424
  Author Solutions CEO and president, Kevin Weiss, has today formally responded with a press statement and video address about the current debate on Harlequin and Thomas Nelson to launch self-publishing partnerships with ASI to provide paid-publishing services for authors. Here is the full text of the press ...
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• You wanna know how I came to self-publishing?

  
  Moriah Jovan — Authority: 459
  I’m camping out at KatieBabs’s blog today, spilling my guts. Tweet This Post
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• Savvy Internet Entrepreneurs Have Discovered That Knowing How to Market a Book Is a Good Investment Of Their Money

  
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