by Sarah Kuiken | Jun 7, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
Welcome back! Unfortunately, the list of scams designed to snare self-published authors is so long that we had to make this post a two-parter. (If you missed Part 1, check it out here.) Overpriced services These can be tricky to spot. Services for self-published...
by Sarah Kuiken | May 31, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
Stop me if this sounds familiar: as a child, you submit a poem to a national anthology publication. Lo and behold, your poem is accepted! Celebration ensues. You must be a prodigy! Your supportive parents obligingly pay the $50 to purchase the hefty tome, all for the...
by Sarah Kuiken | May 24, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset, D2D Print
If you’ve been surfing the indie author channels for long, you’ve probably heard about Print on Demand (POD) services like D2D Print. But what exactly is Print on Demand, and how does it work for self-published authors? In a world where most readers still reach for a...
by Sarah Kuiken | May 10, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
You’ve probably heard more than once that beta readers and/or ARC readers are critical to the self-publishing process. Adding to the confusion, you may hear talk of using alpha readers too. What’s the difference between all these reader types? Do you need beta...
by Sarah Kuiken | Apr 18, 2023 | Author Essentials, D2D Print
In Part 1 of this series, we talked about some of the myths surrounding publishing to print for indie authors and debunked a fair few around sales and cost. TL;DR: print books sell better than ebooks and they’re nearly free to produce on D2D Print. In Part 2, we’ll...
