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Creative Writing Forums » Self Publishing
3M ago
I found this a fascinating read. How Amazon has become filled with garbage ebooks.
https://www.vox.com/culture/24128560/amazon-trash-ebooks-mikkelsen-twins-ai-publishing-academy-scam ..read more
Creative Writing Forums » Self Publishing
3M ago
Anyone else used their "book-builder" tool to upload and format your print or e-book?
Totally stopped on this. Nothing makes sense. It's not WYSIWYG, but some of the time it is... The help videos leave out how they magically do it. There is no glossary for the terms they use like "rear text"...
IngramSpark - Book Builder Tool Crash ..read more
Creative Writing Forums » Self Publishing
4M ago
Who knew?
Informative article by Dave at Kindlepreneur
Font Copyright Laws for Books: Your Print Book Could be in Violation...
Font Copyright Laws - Are you self-publishing ..read more
Creative Writing Forums » Self Publishing
4M ago
Based on my own research so far, audio books seem to be better sellers than kindle books. Looking at one of the better known groups in the audio book market, Sound Booth Theater, I see they work on a royalty sharing basis. Does anyone have experience with this type of agreement? What are the...
royalty-share basis ..read more
Creative Writing Forums » Self Publishing
5M ago
Just curious about the two. I'm already familiar with self-publishing but recently, i've been coming across self-published authors who create their own micro-presses and self-publish under their own imprint.
How is this different from simply self publishing?
Some micro-presses will publish 1...
MicroPress vs Self Publishing ..read more
Creative Writing Forums » Self Publishing
6M ago
I have so far published four collections of short stories and one novel, all under the adult bromantic/heteroflexible/softcore-ish themes.
When adding them I get to this:
"Does the book’s cover or interior contain sexually explicit images, or does the book's title contain sexually explicit...
Amazon's Explicit Title/Cover Declaration ..read more
Creative Writing Forums » Self Publishing
7M ago
I published about six months ago on Amazon and haven't gotten much traffic.
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I was initially going to publish on B&N as well, but their process frustrated me so I eventually gave up. I did investigate stuff like D2D, and a few other sites... But I was leery of paying...
On Publishing and Breadth vs Depth ..read more
Creative Writing Forums » Self Publishing
7M ago
Tried a search on this and got 24 pages of mostly unrelated posts. If it has been asked before can someone point me to the thread(s). Otherwise ..
I have never published an audio book but have researched the techniques. Does anyone have any thoughts or practical experience to share. Is it worth...
Creating Audiobook ..read more
Creative Writing Forums » Self Publishing
8M ago
Hello, I am looking for a place to post my novels. They are dark fantasy/historical and I was looking at substack, because it has fewer content restrictions. Does anyone have any experience with this platform? If you like it, how do you advise I go about setting up and advertising ..read more
Creative Writing Forums » Self Publishing
9M ago
Platforms like substack or Royal Road? What were your experiences? Any good or bad points in your experiences ..read more