Self-publishing articles on Vandal.
What do you know about self-publishing? Self-publishing has come in for its fair share of bashing over the last year or so by those who seem to either fear it, misunderstand it, or simply have their selfish grievances about new writers playing in their sandpit. Most of the articles and posts I have read that…
The publishing world is full of hypocrites I rarely get upset and resist using my blog as a soap box, but hypocrites, charlatans and snobs do sometimes just become too much to swallow. It is an unfortunate fact that there are those riding on the wave of the success of self-publishing by boldly calling themselves publishers,…
The big problem with social media is that it’s a snowball. Once it starts rolling for you, there is simply no way of stopping it increasing. If you have a book you want to promote, social media is naturally the most logical starting point and with the success of ebooks, it’s a no brainer. However,…
Do you only write for the money? If you’ve joined the self-publishing Kindle, Amazon, Smashwords author frenzy and you think the road ahead is paved with gold, money and unending wealth, do not pass go and head directly back to your day job. There are just so many writers, almost writers and There are just…
Typos, spelling and grammar errors and carelessness Having read many, many comments and reviews about errors in ebooks, and of course, many directed at self-published books, it is worthwhile noting that large and well-known publishers are not immune from publishing books riddled with errors. It is hardly surprising, as the number of traditionally published books…
Does free ebook marketing work? After a four-week blitz of free Kindle ebook promotions, I have to say that the defining answer as to whether free ebook promotions work, is well, yes, no and perhaps. There are so many factors at play when you use KDP Select’s free book promotion that in all honesty, it…
