One of the most frequently asked questions by new independent authors is, should I copyright my book before publishing it? It’s a relevant and important question because the last thing an author wants is their creative work being ripped off and pawned as someone else’s. But just when is the right time to copyright your…
Tag: self-publishing
Chin Up, Chapbook!
By Eliot Gilbert Chapbooks seem to be the neglected middle child of the poetry world: younger sibling to the collection, and older sibling to the individual piece. As for fiction, it is obscure to the point of nearly nonexistent. This makes me sad because I view them as a wonderfully untapped medium to sample your work.…
Why I'll Likely Self-Publish My Novel
I’ve been struggling to find a literary agent for one of my two fiction novels for more than a year now. I’ve pitched the story at conferences and via email, and received a steady trickle of rejections. Mostly formulaic responses, some nicer than others, one or two with encouraging words, but all the same rejection…
Lessons of an Independent Author: The Power of Publicity
{Originally published at lisaakramer.com} I won’t deny it. I had this fantasy that I would wake up sometime during the month of December to discover that I had become an overnight best-selling author sensation. Of course that is pure fantasy in a world where hundreds of thousands of new books are published daily; the chances…