Self-Publishing = Vanity Publishing

This is probably going to upset a few people, but I don’t see the difference between vanity presses and self-publishing. With both types of printing, the author is footing the bill to publish their own work. In traditional publishing, the press covers the costs in hopes that they will recoup their money through sales. With [...]

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Book Trailers

For my Book Marketing class this term, I’ve decided to create a book trailer. I’m one of those people who always wants to be at the movies early so I won’t possibly miss any of the trailers, because I really like trailers and I am often impressed by how they are cut and manipulated from [...]

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Why Self-Publish? Wideman Answers “Why Not?”

There’s been a lot of discussion about whether self-publishing is better or worse than publishing through more traditional channels. So I thought it was interesting that prominent author John Edgar Wideman has decided to self-publish his new book Briefs: Stories for the Palm of theMind with Lulu. Wideman has won several awards, and was a National [...]

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