Selfpublishing Videos

Think your book has what it takes to win $3,000? The Best Blurb Books Contest is now accepting submissions, and we want you to bring your best! Enter your photo books by October 22 in one of three categories - family, pets, or travel - for your shot at one of three $3,000 grand prizes, or one of three $1,000 runner-up prizes. There s no entry fee - just the cost of ordering a single book - and you can enter as many books as you like. Once you ve entered, the real fun begins. On October 23, voting opens to the public - that means you ll want to get all your friends, family, neighbors, Facebook friends, Twitter followers, roadies, groupies and anyone else in your entourage to get out and rock the vote. Once the votes are in, one judge in each category will select a winner and a runner-up. We ve made it drop-dead simple to enter your books too, so there s really no excuse not to. If you re planning to make a holiday gift book anyway, this one s really a no-brainer - and an extra $3,000 might just come in handy this holiday season, no? If that s not reason enough for you, we ve come up with a few more to help make this an easy call. For all the information and details, check out the contest homepage. And good luck! We can t wait to see what you come up with.

How To Do a Book Launch . In today’s episode Dale Beaumont talks about creating a book launch. He goes through the entire process and tips on how to organize and hold a successful book launches. http://www.GetPublishedTV.com

Author: outskirtspress Keywords: Outskirts Press self-publishing self publishing book writing writing marketing marriage love fiction Added: July 29, 2009

Author: Abigail Yasgur s Alphabet Soup for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Do you have a book you would like to see in print but no one will print it? Do you have no money? Then give this a try. It's easier than writing the book and backed by Amazon.com. Publish your book for free with CreateSpace.com, a company owned by Amazon.com. My book will help you get started. Buy it at www.amazon.com.And yes it really is free. The catch is that you have to do all the work. You have to setup your manuscript and create your cover. This book will help you.

Scott Pack, head of innovative publisher 'The Friday Project' and 'MeAndMyBigMouth' blogger talks to twins Anna and George from CompletelyNovel. Scott and the twins discuss what the Friday Project is all about and why it makes sense to give books away for free online. They also talk about how CompletelyNovel can help aspiring writers, top tips for self-publishing and why Scott decided to give Anna a book about someone with the same name as her committing suicide. Aparrently it's nothing personal!

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Fair ONelli is a normal girl, except for one small fact: She has spent the last nine years of her life living in a cellar with her loyal dog, studying the Scrolls of Truth by mysterious fingerlight, educated by her mother in the dark of night to avoid being discovered. She knows that her father and brother are missing . . . or dead. Fair is set free on the day she comes of age, when it s safe for her to be seen. Little does she know the gods are about to call her to bring a miracle to Cloven Grave. In the company of three guardians, Fair encounters dangers and adventures as she follows the grassy path to find a stranger named Selador at an unknown place called Selador s Gate. Along the way, Fair discovers a deep, dark secret the parents of Cloven Grave know nothing about. Secret Speakers earned Textnovel s 2008 Reader s Choice Award as a serialized cell phone novel.

Slide show of a presentation given on February 24th, 2008 by Natalie d'Arbeloff describing how she turned her webcomic "The God Interviews", originally posted on her blog, into a book published via print on demand technology. She gives advice to those considering self-publishing via the internet.

Wordclay, www.wordclay.com, is a user-friendly, innovative, do-it-yourself publishing site; authors can make a book and remain in control. Whether you've got the next great American novel, poetry or history book, you can self-publish books for free. There are no up-front costs or minimum purchases required. Books are competitively priced and printed to order using print on demand (POD) technology. If writers want to go beyond the free publishing service, professional publishing services are available to help market their self-published book. Here are a few DIY self-publishing services offered: editorial services, including content editing; cover design and illustrations; ISBN and retail channel distribution; and press release writing and distribution to the media. To get started with Wordclay, simply take a moment to register at www.wordclay.com and you'll be on your way to self-publishing.