Here are four things that you, as an indie author, could do better than a small press could do for you. Schedule and manage e-book price specials. For a publisher with a number of books, it’s hard to do well. For you, with just your own books, you’ll have the incentive to keep right on top […]
The Answer Place: What can a small press do for me that I can’t do myself?
Here are four things a small press can do for you, an author, more effectively than you can do for yourself. Get you entered into certain industry contests that favor traditionally published authors. If you’re doing it yourself, you may have to prove that you’ve got some best-seller sales in order to enter. Submit your book to Publishers Weekly and […]
Trad pub, small press, or indie publishing: which is right for you?
Fiction writers, should you aim for traditional publication, small press, or indie publishing? It’s a tough decision in a situation where publishers aren’t doing very well. You can tell that because they consolidate, sell out, buy each other up, and generally act unstable. There isn’t much money to be had in publishing these days, except […]
Use photos with your blog posts
A picture’s worth a thousand words, right? In our visual culture, an image draws attention long before a headline does. So it seems like a no-brainer to put images on your blog posts. So, how and where do you get them? What you don’t do is use any old photo you find on someone’s website. […]
Why submit to Castle Gate Press?
Writers, you may be wavering. Perhaps you’ve been shopping your manuscript around for a while, not getting a hit with traditional publishers. So you’re considering submitting to small print-on-demand presses like Castle Gate Press. Or should you self-publish? These days, self-publishing is relatively easy, and some people are making plenty of money at it. Since […]