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The 5 Most Important Things I’ve Learned About Self-Publishing and Print on Demand

Back in early ’09, I did the following post as a guest post for Henry over at http://www.publishandsell.com. I wanted to take this opportunity to reprint it here so that it can reach a different readership. You can see the original post here. I’m Hillary DePiano, best known for being the author of the play [...]

Amazon ups the royalty rate for Kindle publishers to 70%

This goes out to all those people who sit there on the Amazon forums and complain about how expensive Kindle books are. Previously, Amazon was only giving the publisher (which can also mean the author if it is a self-published book) 35% of the sales price. So if your book was, say, $1, the profits [...]

For the writers in your life, give the gift of editing this holiday season (no, seriously!)

Your friend is a writer. You love your friend and you want to support their interests, but you don’t know what their specific plans are. After all, a gift subscription to Writer’s Market only works if they are planning to look for an agent and maybe your friend wants to self-publish. In the same vein, [...]

The Whine Seller