Allan Mayer’s Weblog

Posts Tagged ‘self publishing

Review of 2009- my year as a POD published author

Posted by: allanmayer on: December 21, 2009

At the end of 2008, after years of rejection letters from agents and publishers, I decided to publish my novel, ‘Tasting the Wind’ in a ‘Print on Demand’ (POD) format. POD is not to be confused with self publishing. If I had self-published there would have been a lot more donkey work- buying my own [...]

Never Leave Home Without One

Posted by: allanmayer on: May 11, 2009

A book, that is… I’ve taken to carrying around a copy (or two) of Tasting the Wind in the ruck sack that I take to work. Today I was in a multi-agency meeting, and someone who knew that I’d recently been published said that they’d like to buy one, so ker-ching! One more sale. And [...]

Marketing Your POD or Self-Published Book

Posted by: allanmayer on: April 22, 2009

  I have spent the last twelve months researching ideas about book promotion. The fruits of my labours (and advice gratefully received from other writers) can be found below. BUT BE WARNED: The number of ideas and links below may look overwhelming, so before you start to use them you need to formulate a structured [...]


Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.