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 Kevin Tumlinson | May 15, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
“So now it’s mean spirited to tell a writer they should get an editor?” The question is a good one, because really, we’ve been telling authors for a long while that they need to have an editor, if they can afford one. Or at least get someone you can trust to give your...
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 11, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset, D2D Print
World Book Day is coming up on April 23. For many readers around the globe, that still means finding a print book, a cozy place to read, and a few solitary moments to enjoy both. That’s not to diminish the popularity of audiobooks and ebooks, of course. Both are still...
by Sarah Kuiken | Apr 4, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
According to research recently published by Demand Sage, there are 464.7 million podcast listeners globally as of 2023. If you think the market is saturated by now, think again; estimates indicate there will be around 504.9 million listeners by the end of 2024. ...