Comments on: A Self-Publishing Adventure Begins

By: The Google Books Settlement: An Author’s Perspective « The Scholarly Kitchen

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:57:44 +0000

[...] I’ve mentioned on this blog before, one of the reasons I wanted to self-publish my first mystery novel was to learn. And, boy, have I [...]

By: The Meatgrinder and eBooks « The Scholarly Kitchen

The Meatgrinder and eBooks « The Scholarly Kitchen — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:17:50 +0000

[...] My little self-publishing saga continues. The novel I’ve published is now listed on Amazon.com (in print and for the Kindle), and at Barnes & Noble (print only). It’s available on the iPhone through Smashwords. It’s out for review with some online review sites. Advertising is placed in AdWords, Yahoo! Sponsored Search, and Facebook. My first signing is scheduled, and another is in the works. And the printed editions have arrived, and they look great. [...]

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Advertising: Social vs. Keyword « The Scholarly Kitchen — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:49:40 +0000

[...] of the reasons I wanted to self-publish my mystery novel was to experience firsthand what can be done with today’s online marketing and advertising [...]

By: Self-Publishing Reinvents the Novel « The Scholarly Kitchen

Self-Publishing Reinvents the Novel « The Scholarly Kitchen — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:03:59 +0000

[...] I recently wrote about my first attempt to self-publish a novel. The response, through blog comments and via private conversations and emails, indicated a strong interest in the topic, and a lot of frustration with the status quo. [...]

By: Stewart

Stewart — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:14:36 +0000

Some day, Kent, you’ll need to loan me the Time Turner you’re using that lets you do so many things at once . . .

By: Kent Anderson

Kent Anderson — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:31:51 +0000

The book will be available via Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Ingram, and others. The publisher I’m working with provides press release writing and email services. I have a blog that is getting some traffic. And I plan to do local signings and other events. I also have some friends with email lists and such who have pledged to help promote the book. We’ll see how it goes!

By: gail ford

gail ford — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:44:19 +0000

As a small press publisher (ex, that is), I loved creating books for authors, but had a very hard time moving them.

Will you get this into Amazon?

How else will you market and distribute this?

By: MoJo

MoJo — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:31:42 +0000

Congrats!

By: zoewinters

zoewinters — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:36:52 +0000

Oh, and I swear I will stop posting fifty comments in a row on your blog, but… something else to consider, if those numbers are right, that 6% of self published authors and 8% of traditionally published authors are financially successful, the odds for self published authors may even be better than that, considering all the people who don’t research anything first, don’t know what they’re doing, don’t care to learn, and publish a completely unreadable book and have no idea about how to market it either.

Those people drag all averages down.

So when you sweep away those people and just look at the self published authors who A. actually have a good book, B. did all their research, and C. are marketing it well, then the percentage of successful people from that group might be even better.

By: zoewinters

zoewinters — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:33:16 +0000

Oh crap, sorry. Someone already asked that. I should read comments first before I post.