Archive for the ‘Self-Publishing & Print On Demand’ Category

One Writer’s Tale of Self-Publishing

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

A Tale of Self-Publishing From an article written for the Writers' Union of Canada By Paul Lima In 2009, 76% of all books released were self-published, according to Publishers Weekly. Since then, the industry has all but stopped keeping stats. The number of self-published print and e-books continue to grow exponentially while the ...

The writer who made millions by self-publishing online

Friday, January 13th, 2012

In "20 months Hocking has sold 1.5m books and made $2.5m" ... all through self-publishing! - Disbelief! But true... Amanda Hocking, the writer who made millions by self-publishing online A couple of years ago, Amanda Hocking needed to raise a few hundred dollars so, in desperation, made her unpublished novel available ...

Print on Demand blog posts and video trailer

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

If you are interested in learning a bit more (non-technical) information about self publishing, you might want to read my blog posts on POD (print on demand) and e-books: - Print on demand: Self-publishing getting started primer - POD authors go Kindle, ePub: Here’s a bit of a primer ...

Make sure your book title is Amazon “SEO” friendly

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

I can't believe how How To Write A Non-fiction Book In 60 Days and several other of my books on writing and freelance writing continue to sell well on Amazon - in the US and the UK, especially as Kindles. I am doing no promotion, other than the odd tweet ...

Publishers, retailers tussle over e-book prices

Friday, December 16th, 2011

From the CBC.ca website: Publishers, retailers tussle over e-book prices. When it comes to pricing ebooks, publishers are so out of it. So, let's see... No printing, distribution, returns. Ebook prices should be the same as print prices? Idiots. Oh, and are they paying writers any more in royalties? No never ...

Book marketing hints and tips to help you sell your published or self-published book

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Using the book marketing hints and tips in this blog post won't guarantee that your book will become a best seller or that you will sell boxes of books. However, not using the book marketing hints and tips in this blog post all but guarantees that you will not sell ...

Print-on-Demand (POD) for Beginners seminar (Toronto; Nov. 12)

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

The Editors' Association of Canada is sponsoring a Print-on-Demand (POD) for Beginners seminar conduct by Paul Lima. This Print on Demand (POD) workshop covers a variety of topics related to self-publishing and marketing your books, including: - POD defined - Difference between POD, vanity publishing, and vanity POD - Importance of targeting your audience ...

Print On Demand Video Primer: How to Get Your Book to Market

Monday, August 8th, 2011

Print On Demand Video Primer: How to Get Your Book to Market Print on Demand (POD) is a popular, affordable short-run publishing process that can be used to self-publish and sell print and electronic copies of your book(s) from your website and/or from leading online booksellers such as Amazon and Barnes ...

POD authors go Kindle, ePub: Here’s a bit of a primer

Monday, July 18th, 2011

Now that I've published 12 Amazon Kindle books, a few people have asked me when I'll be updating my Print on demand: Self-publishing getting started primer to include a section on e-books, particularly Kindle and ePub books. Instead of an update, here is a (non-technical) post on e-books, focused on ...

E-book give-away summer social media contest

Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

You can win a PDF or Kindle version of any one of my dozen books or short reports. The contest is easy to enter, if you use any form of social media--such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, a blog, and so on. Here's how you enter (see full details below the book ...