First-Time Self-Publishers & Book Marketers


Feeling a newbie on the book publishing industry? Don’t hesitate to post your fresh ideas, and queries. Our book friendly forum participants will gladly help.

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I'm planning to submit my story for the annual fiction writing contest. However, it has to be submitted in PDF format. I don't have any idea to do that. Can anyone help me how to do it? I really need help on this...

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Hi this is Joy Grace. I'm already 50 percent done with my first manuscript. I've heard and read a lot of publishers and it makes me more confuse on which publisher to settle down. Do you have any specific publishing company to recommend? Thanks a lot!

book distribution

Is it possible to expand book distribution without any additional costs?

newsletter

Is their a way to send newsletters to readers for free? I'm planning make one at the end of the second quarter of this year.

putting up endings

have you ever written a story where you have no idea what the outcome might be?

how much drama needed

Conflict and drama can come from many things, from situations, ideas, and people, but how much emotional drama and conflict do we need in a story and how much is too much?

prologue or introduction

Hi! I know this is a petty question but i really have to ask. I need it for an assignment. What's the difference between a prologue and an introduction?

writing on columns

when you talk about promotions, i think it's a good idea if you ask your local paper's columnist to write a review for your book. Almost everybody in town subscribes to a newspaper.