self-publishing Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/tag/self-publishing/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 22:19:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Female Thriller Author Ditches Traditional Pub Track https://booksbywomen.org/female-thriller-author-ditches-traditional-pub-track-by-ls-hawker/ https://booksbywomen.org/female-thriller-author-ditches-traditional-pub-track-by-ls-hawker/#respond Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:40:12 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=24650 In October, 2002, I stood across the street from the old HarperCollins Building at 10 East 53rd Street in midtown Manhattan and pointed it out to my traveling companions. “Someday,” I intoned tearfully, “Someday my novels will be published there.” “Great,” my husband said pointing at our cranky three-year-old in her stroller. “I think Layla […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/female-thriller-author-ditches-traditional-pub-track-by-ls-hawker/feed/ 0 24650 Can You Think Like A Publisher? https://booksbywomen.org/can-you-think-like-a-publisher-by-sandra-hutchison/ https://booksbywomen.org/can-you-think-like-a-publisher-by-sandra-hutchison/#respond Fri, 05 May 2017 07:28:47 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=19134 When you’re an author-publisher, or self-published author, you face nearly all the choices a traditional publisher faces, but in a much more intimate, more personally-invested, more personally-at-risk way. This is a wonderful in some ways, and not so good in others. For about seventeen years in my callow youth I worked in publishing as an […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/can-you-think-like-a-publisher-by-sandra-hutchison/feed/ 0 19134 Learning The Ropes As A Hybrid Author https://booksbywomen.org/learning-the-ropes-as-a-hybrid-author-katie-o-rourke/ https://booksbywomen.org/learning-the-ropes-as-a-hybrid-author-katie-o-rourke/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2016 12:27:44 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16103 Smart people disagree on whether traditional publishing or self-publishing is the way to go, or whether it’s getting easier or harder for new writers to break into the business, but most people will agree on one thing: the game is changing. In the last few years, I hear more and more about authors who leave […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/learning-the-ropes-as-a-hybrid-author-katie-o-rourke/feed/ 2 16103 Why You Should Choose A Hybrid – An Insider’s Guide https://booksbywomen.org/why-you-should-choose-a-hybrid-an-insiders-guide/ https://booksbywomen.org/why-you-should-choose-a-hybrid-an-insiders-guide/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2016 07:46:03 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15108 As I’m sure you’re well aware by now, there are several different types of publisher out there and ways to go about securing one. Much information already exists regarding traditional and self-publishing in blog or tweet form (that’s supposed to be a joke), so we won’t waste any time on those. Alternately, this Guide is […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/why-you-should-choose-a-hybrid-an-insiders-guide/feed/ 9 15108 Living The Dream – A Tantalising Taste of Being a Full-Time Author https://booksbywomen.org/living-the-dream-a-tantalising-taste-of-being-a-full-time-author-by-toni-jenkins/ https://booksbywomen.org/living-the-dream-a-tantalising-taste-of-being-a-full-time-author-by-toni-jenkins/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:56:09 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14873 For a short time a few years ago, I lived the dream of being a full-time author. Not in the traditional sense – there were no agents or publishers nipping at my heels expecting me to meet a deadline. But, nevertheless, living the dream it was. I was made redundant from my job in Dubai […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/living-the-dream-a-tantalising-taste-of-being-a-full-time-author-by-toni-jenkins/feed/ 2 14873 Card Shops and Inspiration https://booksbywomen.org/card-shops-and-inspiration-by-toni-jenkins/ https://booksbywomen.org/card-shops-and-inspiration-by-toni-jenkins/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2016 07:05:18 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14877 Like all authors of fiction, I’ve often been asked where I get my ideas and inspiration from. And, like so many others, I reply that I am never short of ideas from the worlds around and within me but there is never enough time for them all to come to fruition. The beauty of writing […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/card-shops-and-inspiration-by-toni-jenkins/feed/ 7 14877 To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish https://booksbywomen.org/to-self-publish-or-not-to-self-publish/ https://booksbywomen.org/to-self-publish-or-not-to-self-publish/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:00:17 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14184 ‘‘Are you sure you want to self publish again?” asked a colleague of mine who is traditionally published. We were discussing my plans to self publish my historical novel. I felt defensive because I knew what was coming next. I’d heard it before. “You will never land a traditional publisher if you do. Believe me, […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/to-self-publish-or-not-to-self-publish/feed/ 11 14184 5 Stories about Publishing that are No Longer True (and maybe never were) https://booksbywomen.org/5-stories-about-publishing-that-are-no-longer-true-and-maybe-never-were/ https://booksbywomen.org/5-stories-about-publishing-that-are-no-longer-true-and-maybe-never-were/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:33:38 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14097 Maybe all professions like to scare young hopefuls — to weed the flock, so to speak — and the publishing industry, notorious for its gloom and doom predictions, is no exception. As a graduate student in a Creative Writing department, I heard all sorts of stories from teachers and other students that made it seem […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/5-stories-about-publishing-that-are-no-longer-true-and-maybe-never-were/feed/ 9 14097 Truths and Lies about Self-Publishing https://booksbywomen.org/truths-and-lies-about-self-publishing/ https://booksbywomen.org/truths-and-lies-about-self-publishing/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:10:31 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13857 Some say self-publishing is the greatest invention since sliced bread. Others say it’s ruining the industry. A lot of people have weighed in on this hugely popular phenomenon. Now, it’s my turn. I’ll address a few commonly held ideas and say if they’re true, or false. Self-published books are low quality. False. However, there is […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/truths-and-lies-about-self-publishing/feed/ 5 13857 Self-publishing – What I’ve Learned https://booksbywomen.org/self-publishing-what-ive-learned/ https://booksbywomen.org/self-publishing-what-ive-learned/#respond Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:36:03 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13736 Eighteen months ago I self-published my novel Dappled Light, based on the life of James Stewart, a medical missionary whose reputation was tarnished by a liaison with Mary Livingstone, wife of the explorer. Stewart subsequently married my great great aunt Mina, the daughter of a wealthy Scottish shipbuilder who was himself the subject of a […]

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