NPR Talks Self-Publishing
Taking the Plunge into Book Self-Publishing by Gloria Hillard
Overall, I found this to be a pretty good story-much promise with just a few misleads-and the quote by the man from Penguin was quite encouraging, stating how there is "a need for self-published works" in the industry.
However, the main misconception brought to the front was the idea that works being produced through fee-based companies are "self-published" in the traditional sense.
This happens more often than not but regardless there is a difference between true SP and publishing through a fee-based service-namely the whole who buys the ISBN thing-but I can't dwell on it too much for I do believe that anytime the industry can gain notice in a positive way (however accurate) it far outweighs a few inaccuracies along the line.
Check it out when you get a chance but make sure that you listen to the actual playback of the story. There's far more material there than what is in the text. (Look for the little icon right below the title.)
LINK: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4699387
The writer of this article own book was produced through iUniverse. You can check out her website at: http://gloriahillard.com
Overall, I found this to be a pretty good story-much promise with just a few misleads-and the quote by the man from Penguin was quite encouraging, stating how there is "a need for self-published works" in the industry.
However, the main misconception brought to the front was the idea that works being produced through fee-based companies are "self-published" in the traditional sense.
This happens more often than not but regardless there is a difference between true SP and publishing through a fee-based service-namely the whole who buys the ISBN thing-but I can't dwell on it too much for I do believe that anytime the industry can gain notice in a positive way (however accurate) it far outweighs a few inaccuracies along the line.
Check it out when you get a chance but make sure that you listen to the actual playback of the story. There's far more material there than what is in the text. (Look for the little icon right below the title.)
LINK: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4699387
The writer of this article own book was produced through iUniverse. You can check out her website at: http://gloriahillard.com
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