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Self-Publishing Trends To Watch
The pace at which the self-publishing industry has been advancing has been difficult to keep up with. However, it is safe to predict the changes we expect considering what has been happening in the not-so-distant past. Here are some of the developments in the self-publishing...
Trends In The EBook Industry That Might Influence The Future Of Publishing
The invention of movable type was the biggest thing that had happened to the publishing industry for decades until eBooks came along. EBook sellers have been experiencing incredible growth for years. The following are some trends in the eBook industry that might shape the future...
Book Publishing Predictions
Dramatic changes in the publishing industry are still coming. Traditional publishers are under a lot of pressure from eBook sellers and sooner rather than later we should expect this pressure to change the way they do business. The following are some of the things we...
Will Print Books Soon Be A Thing Of The Past?
The format that books will be published in has been a simmering debate for a long time now. People are now less sure if any new titles will be published in paperback, hardcover, and/or eBook versions. The uncertainty is growing as the numbers of brick-and-mortar...
Should an Author Consider Self-Publishing?
Self-publish or don’t self-publish? That is the question a lot of authors today are asking themselves. Are the benefits of self-publishing worth the challenges? Can an author sell enough books through self-publishing? Are agents and traditional publishing houses really necessary? Should an author consider self-publishing?...
How Digital Publishing Will Evolve
The publishing industry has been undergoing a metamorphosis over the past few years. It is now much easier for small authors to publish their own books because online marketing and sale of their books has become very easy. The publishing industry has many sectors and...
The Myth And The Reality About Self-Publishing
When self-publishing started to become popular, people thought of it as a passing phase. At that time, vanity presses produced books for authors at a price. They usually edited an author’s book and proofread it, as well as designed the cover art. Authors usually got...
Can Book Excerpts Get Authors' Manuscripts Published?
After an author has written a book and is trying to get published, there is a strategy that the author should follow to achieve maximum success. One of the ways in which authors try to get their works out there is to publish excerpts. An...
Self-publishing vs Vanity Publishing
So you have a book ready to publish but what publishing route do you choose? Two choices include self-publishing and vanity publishing, but what do these two terms actually mean and which is best? Vanity publishing refers to any publisher who publishes a book for an...
What Every Author Needs to Know About Vanity Publishing
What exactly does 'vanity publishing' mean? Vanity publishing or vanity press is simply a term which describes a publishing house in which authors pay to have their books published. Many authors select a vanity press when they want the benefits of a published book, but...