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In today’s podcast, I update you on the latest happenings in the publishing world as well as my own writing journey, and I interview April L. Hamilton, the Indie Author, on self-publishing. We specifically answer a number of the questions you asked in the survey.
Podcast Show Notes
This show features an interview with April L. Hamilton. She is the author of several books including “The Indie Author Guide“, a blogger and an outspoken advocate for the indie author movement. April is also the founder of Publetariat.com, a site for indie authors, as well as the Publetariat Vault matching self-published authors with agents, and the Vault University.
Links from my introductory section:
- Publish on Amazon Kindle here https://dtp.amazon.com/
- Amazon opens to international authors and raises revenue to 70% for publishers (good news for self-publishers)
- Self-help author Stephen Covey signed directly with Amazon for distribution of his ebooks
- Author Scott Sigler’s iPhone app (and check out his novel podcasts if you like horror)
- Smashwords signs BookViewCafe pro-authors for distribution of ebooks
- Mur Lafferty “I should be writing” podcast - for wannabe fiction authors
- Write or Die software – great for writing with no distractions
- Problogger’s Top 30 Bloggers to watch in 2010
- Brisbane 1 day Workshop March 21 – details here
- Bali, Ubud Writer’s Retreat Oct 1-6 – details here
In the podcast interview with April Hamilton you will learn:
- How April has combined indie authorship (independent self-publishing) with being picked up by Writer’s Digest for a publishing deal
- How authors Stephen Covey, J A Konrath and Piers Anthony have embraced self-publishing for e-books – successful mainstream authors moving to a self-publishing model
April also answers these questions submitted by readers of the blog:
- How has self-publishing changed recently and is the stigma of self-publishing still applicable?
- How does self-publishing affect your chances of getting a publishing deal?
- What is the best site for self-publishing, for print and ebooks, in US and globally? (April recommends LightningSource, CreateSpace and also mentions Lulu for print books, Amazon DTP and Smashwords for ebooks). We also mention EBookArchitects.com for formatting help.
- Where do you recommend people find quality freelancers for editing, cover design and page-setting etc?
- It is worth it to go down the self-publishing route? (in terms of sales and other less tangible reasons)
You can find more information about April Hamilton at her main site here. You can also follow her on Twitter @indieauthor
You can read the Indie Author guide for free online here. (It is being published in a revised and updated edition by Writer’s Digest Fall 2010). You can also find out more about the Cruise here.
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I look forward to reading this. I’m a regular reader of Publetariat.
Sounds awesome. Thanks!
Thanks Sean – Publetariat is a great site, and April has a wealth of information!
Interesting podcast! I enjoyed listening.
I love what April says in the interview about how “first rights” are a bit dated as a concept and how authors don’t really need to worry about that.
nice podcast,thanks. BTW,i like your voice!
I haven’t listened to this yet, but I plan to. And will probably end up buying the book, too. I self-pubbed my first two YA book thru my own company. When I closed my company, I needed to find a new “home” for them. They were accepted at Booklocker. That was last year. They’ve since been reissued with new book covers.