Self-publishing News: What Amazon Knows
A BBC documentary looks at what Amazon knows about the way you use your Kindle. New research will look at whether other media poses a threat to reading.
How to Print a Personalized Copy of a Self-published Book
A new benefit of using print-on-demand to add to your list: this fab, fun and affordable service from IngramSpark to add a one-off personalized front page to your books, at just $1 a time. How will you use it to promote your books? We share some ideas.
12 Reasons Why Book Production for Indie Authors Means Thinking Digital
This extract from ALLi's Guidebook on Choosing the Best Self-publishing Services is a powerful reminder of the many benefits the modern form of self-publishing offers indie authors in the digital age
Book Production: Print on Demand vs Offset Litho
Do you know the difference between offset litho and print on demand, and the many extra features it offset can make available for your books? Read this post by ALLi Partner Print2Demand's Dale Burgess to find out!
Book Production: Bookbinding Options for Print-on-Demand Self-published Books
Like to know more about the different binding options for print-on-demand books? Dale Burgess of ALLi Partner Print2Demand explains the processes and the technology to help you choose the best for your self-published paperbacks.
Positive Solutions for Dealing with Damaged Print on Demand Books
Indie authors, unlike trade published authors, have to deal with misprinted books themselves - Roz Morris offers top tips
13 Action-Oriented posts to help you reach your self-publishing goals
Need help with determining the best self-publishing path for your book? We've put together this roundup of 13 posts from 2016 to help you with the distribution decisions you need to make to achieve your 2017 indie author goals.
Publishing Your Book: The Role of Short Print Runs
We've frequently recommended here that the best way to self-publish print books is to use a combination of CreateSpace (to ensure easy stock availability on Amazon) and Ingram Spark or Lightning Source (to gain access to distribution channels into bookstores).…
What’s the Best Print on Demand Service for Self-published Paperbacks?
The days of ending up with a garage full of paperbacks you can't sell are over (and have been for a while), but there's still Vanity Press and Assisted Publishing Services that don't care if you print more copies of your paperback than you really need, and have nowhere to park your car.
How Ingram Spark Prints Your Print-on-Demand (POD) Book
British indie author David Penny shares his experience of a tour of the UK printing facility of Ingram Spark, the global distributor of books favoured by many self-published authors for both print-on-demand books and ebooks.) On Friday 25th September 2015…
Production: How to Use Short-run Printers as an Alternative to POD
Award-winning British novelist Jane Davis shares her journey through the print process from POD (print on demand) to traditional book production. Desirable, covetable, collectable I fell in love with the physical book at an early age and so creating a…
How to Use Createspace (KDPPrint) and Ingram Spark Together
In a useful follow-up to Jim Giammatteo's invaluable Watchdog piece recommending that indie authors use both CreateSpace and Lightning Source simultaneously for effective distribution of print books, US novelist Karen Myers kindly volunteered to provide a personal case study of…