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Laura Duksta sold well over 100,000 of her self-published children’s book. She has two videos that outline how she did it. One comment from me. I know you can self-publish a book for way way less than the $10,000 she quotes, so don’t lock in on that. Instead, pay attention to who she recommends in the first video and her marketing strategies in the second.

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I’m writing an ebook about how to get a book written and I want to contrast self-publishing with trade publishing. Here are the lists so far:
Self-publishing:

If you want a ghost, you will have to find and pay
If your book needs substantial, you will have to provide
You provide copy editing, ideally by hiring a professional
You provide book design
You provide, illustrations, charts, graphics if needed
You provide cover design
You write Back of Jacket Copy
You do all the marketing
POD* is fine if it’s just text or text with line illustrations, and it’s getting better all the time
No advance… you’ll be spending your own money
20% …read more

(Guest post by Mary Emma Allen, author and co-blogger with Yvonne Russell at Home Biz Notes)
Will self-publishing, which has become a popular way to see one’s book in print and a more acceptable method than in the past, see a decline due to Amazon’s apparent new policy? It appears that Amazon will only accept books published by their acquisition, Book Surge, a Print on Demand (POD) entity.
Many writers and small publishers, who depended on Amazon as a prominent way to sell their books, are discouraged, even angry. However, it depends on what your goal is with your book.
I’ve …read more

Has self-publishing evolved or devolved to the place where it can be called a lifestyle? That’s the question asked at the Institute for the Future of the Book’s blog, If:book called: borders self-publishing and the idea of vanity
It’s an interesting essay worth reading and contemplating.
I’ve written an article sparked by the entry called Self-Publishing Or Vanity Publishing? which may add to the conversation.
What do you think?
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