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One of the great things about working with a publisher is that you outsource the proofing of your work. The publisher bought the book, so it’s their responsibility to make sure all the [...]

What’s the secret to selling in person? It’s really quite simple: engagement. Remember, every point of contact is a point of sale. You might not sell a book with every point of [...]

‘More are published than could ever succeed’ From the Guardian …self-publishing has contributed significantly to book slop mountain. More than 2.6 million books were self-published in 2023 [...]

Guardian Q&A with Rachel Abbott and Adam Croft on how they achieved success as self-published authors – on everything from marketing, series vs stand alone books and more. Not a new article: [...]

From 2016, which seems like another world now, but a lot of this rings true for someone considering self publishing. If you self-publish your book, you are not going to be writing for a living. [...]

The Bookseller’s Indie Bookshop Christmas Trading Survey reports independent bookshops in the U.K. and Ireland “enjoyed a bumper end to 2018, with ‘excellent’ Christmas [...]

You may not believe this, but we are in the midst of an independent bookstore boom. This week, the new York bookstore Shakespeare & Co. announced that it will open three new stores, two of [...]