Easy-to-follow guide for the nonfiction writer willing to develop the necessary business acumen to successfully self-publish.
A guide to self-publishing for nonfiction authors.
Increasingly authors self-publish, not through the thinly disguised scam of a vanity press, but via well-known Internet sites. A curious thing happened on the exodus from mainstream megaliths to Print-On-Demand–fledgling authors enhanced their public exposure, maintained creative control and increased their net income from sales. For example, Carol Leonard, author of the bestselling Lady’s Hands, Lion’s Heart: A Midwife’s Saga, is one such success story. Her book was self-published after a major house turned her pithy tale into pablum. Pinhiero and Russell both make a comfortable living in their respective niche markets (bookkeeping/management/publishing/taxation and RV life). This book provides nuts-and-bolts basics for transforming a nonfiction manuscript into a viable income stream. The strategy includes establishing a business office, a website, blog and learning how to promote a book on Amazon. The authors contend that a writer must know his or her market and competition, and they are advised to work with a competent editor to ensure a professional presentation. The authors also provide extensive information on the process of publishing through CreateSpace, along with the pitfalls that may be encountered. Author ownership of ISBNs is recommended, and a publishing imprint can be registered with Bowker, thereby placing the author on a par with any major house. Also discussed are “derivative products” and exploiting one’s nonfiction niche through related follow-up books that refer to and build on previous works. There are also interviews with authors, including Leonard, references, resources and an index, giving writers ample reason to believe their fate is not the slush pile. A caveat: the steps presented are for nonfiction manuscripts and are not necessarily applicable to fiction.
Easy-to-follow guide for the nonfiction writer willing to develop the necessary business acumen to successfully self-publish.Pub Date: Aug. 19, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9822-6600-7
Page Count: -
Publisher: N/A
Review Posted Online: May 23, 2010
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.
Pub Date: Feb. 23, 1955
ISBN: 0670717797
Page Count: -
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: Oct. 25, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1955
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