We've all failed. Seth Godin believes that failing is good but that failing big is even better. Why? Because unless you're failin...

Today I read a provocative article in The Miami Herald: Self-publishing industry explodes, brings rewards, challenges . According to Ch...

From Copyblogger.com: You keep telling yourself that you will write an ebook someday … just not yet. And it’s almost certainly the case...

powered by Fotopedia Elizabeth S. Craig, a Penguin/Berkley author who has recently taken the plunge and self-published, writes about wha...

I was first introduced to the idea of the vanity press by Umberto Eco in his book Foucault's Pendulum. Eco does an excellent job of e...

Today I'm doing something different. Jamie Sedgwick is one of the first people to leave a comment on this blog and one of my first ...

Don't worry, Elizabeth isn't saying goodbye to Penguin, but she has decided to write one book expressly for the purpose of publis...

Joe Konrath published the post I've been hoping for ever since Amazon tinkered with its ranking algorithm. In his post, Exclusivity a...

I had read Bob Mayer's blog, Write It Forward , for a number of years before I took one of his workshops and I have to say, if you ev...

Joe Writes: Dear Mr. Read, I’m writing to you as the author of forty-six books--eight legacy published, two Amazon published (with th...

India Drummond recently shared her experience selecting a freelance editor. Her methodology makes so much sense that after I read her sug...

Nathan Bransford writes: There is no "us" vs. "them." Traditional vs. self-publishing is a false dichotomy. It'...

Everywhere I turn I read about the phenomenal success of Wool , an indie published series which has garnered unprecedented sales in the v...

Wool by Hugh Howey, a self-published title and current bestseller, was purchased by Century after a bidding war. Twentieth Century Fox w...

In an earlier article, I wrote about how to get a free Canadian ISBN Number , now I'd like to discuss how to purchase an ISBN number i...

After I wrote my blog post, Seth Godin: The best thing since sliced bread , I talked to a fellow foodie about the importance of doing somet...

I love Seth Godin's blogs. I may not always agree with him, but I usually come away with at least one tantalizing idea. Here are Seth...

Joe Konrath has come out of temporary retirement a second time to talk about self-publishing, and I think that what he has to say is well w...

Want to publish a book that contains numerous photos? Then Blurb.com might be for you. The site is simple to use and, depending on what sor...

To make a living at indie publishing, you must have a decent number of books and stories for sale. This is the point Dean drives home in hi...