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Now that your book is finished, what happens next? We're here to guide you through the publishing process, from editorial to distribution and sales.

eBook Conversion and Distribution Webinar

by Laura Dawson
Bowker | Tue May 21, 2013

Digital Conversion Laboratory is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, May 22, at 1 p.m. Eastern time. Laura Dawson from Bowker and Devorah Ashlem of DCL will be guiding authors through the process of converting and distributing ebooks. These are best practices regarding formatting, metadata, communication with vendors, and error correction.

Update: Here is a link to the webinar.

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Distribution

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Why Editing is the Best Marketing Tool

by Penny C. Sansevieri
Bowker | Mon May 20, 2013

With all of the options out there to publish, it’s pretty tempting to just point and click your way to a completed book. When print-on-demand first came on the scene around 1999, we saw a glut of books being pushed through the system, unedited, unvetted. When someone said “garbage in, garbage out,” they were often referring to self-publishing. Hence the stigma. If you’re new to indie publishing and you think that the stigma is the “us against them” idea, you’re only partially right. The history, albeit a somewhat negative one, started many years ago when authors thought their book was “good enough” to publish.

Cycle forward to 2013: We now have some 300,000 books published a year, the competition is fierce and the stakes are high. That number, by the way, comes from Bowker, which produces these statistics and readily admits that this number doesn’t include all eBooks or books that are published without an ISBN. You can imagine how high that number really is.

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BEA 2013 for Self Published Authors

by Laura Dawson
Bowker | Mon May 20, 2013

Starting Wednesday, May 29 and going through Saturday, June 1, Book Expo America is the nation's largest celebration of books and reading. If you choose to have a booth, attend conference sessions, or simply walk the show floor at Javits to take in the enormity and diversity of our industry, here are some tips to help you make the most of BEA.

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News & Resources

Events

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Author (R)evolution Day

by Laura Dawson
Bowker | Tue Apr 16, 2013

In February of 2013, O'Reilly Tools of Change hosted a one-day symposium for authors, called Author (R)evolution Day. TOC filmed the event, and is now offering a downloadable video of the entire event for $19.99. It's five and a half hours of self-publishing deliciousness, including appearances by Cory Doctorow, Jason Allen Ashlock, Kate Pullinger, Porter Anderson, and yours truly.

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eBook Conversion and Distribution Webinar

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BEA 2013 for Self Published Authors

Author (R)evolution Day

Pages

Getting Started

Create a Culture of Quality in Your Publishing Company

How to Write a Business Plan as Narrative (Part 2 of 2)

A Novel Planning Technique for Book Publishers (Part 1 of 2)

Do You Have the Write Stuff?

Today's Great American Novel (Part 2 of 2)