Media distribution…..well, things have changed just a little…..this post is for Baltimore readers.
One afternoon in the Winter of 1983 I was riding in my Granddaddy Irv’s car in Miami. Grandma Lil was in the passenger seat, my mother and I were in the back. We were discussing my decision to go into business. [...]

We are really looking forward to the Baltimore Book Festival this year. It was a great time last year, we sold a lot of books, registered many new books and got to spread the word about how great indie publishing is.

But this year, we plan to try something new. We are going to [...]

Baltimore’s CityPaper just released their “Best of Baltimore” issue. If you’re not from Baltimore you probably don’t know – the BOB issue is kind of a big deal. Awards are often heavily campaigned for, and highly coveted. Getting a BOB award can bring a lot of attention to the recipient.

So I was [...]

Here’s that article I talked about in last night’s interview (and if you can’t see it, go here:

Open Publication | Free Publishing | More Literature

GET THE GOODS ON THE INDIE WORLD. GET CANTARANEWS.
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Book Blogger Appreciation Awards… who even new there was such a thing?
IndieBookMan isn’t on any of the ballots. but you should stop in and vote anyway!
I don’t know what the selection process is. I guess they just pick 5 that they like in each category? Is there a nomination process? [...]

Moira Allen and Writing World has a little article laying out the differences between subsidy publishing and self-publishing that is worth a read – even if you are already pretty solid in the difference.
Just one of her considerations:
2. Will I receive royalties or all sales proceeds? If the answer is “royalties,” you’re dealing with a [...]

I almost forgot… I’m probably supposed to mention that some French guy won some kind of prize for writing some kind of book or something.
I guess that’s a big deal and stuff.

Wow, this is really cool. I don’t want to say much more other than… read the titles.
http://www.ninakatchadourian.com/languagetranslation/sortedbooks-sharkjournal.php
Ok, wait, I want to share my favorite:
A Day at the BeachThe BathersShark 1Shark 2Shark 3Sudden ViolenceSilence
Brilliant. Nina Katchadourian, you are brilliant.

It’s time for this year’s Reader Views Literary Awards. This is a great awards program that is not only friendly to independently published books, but was specifically designed to award them.
They offer awards in tons of categories, both fiction and non-, so whatever your book is about, it’s going to fit somewhere.
“The [...]