By Louise Merrington @lmmerrington Once upon a time, there was a well-paved route from manuscript to published book – you finished...

By Iola Goulton Last week I looked at the main options for self-publishing paper books and ebooks . But what do you do if that all soun...

By Iola Goulton I'm a member of several writing and editing groups. Some are Facebook groups; others are email loops. A lot of the ...

By Iola Goulton Over the last few weeks, we've looked at vanity publishing (and why it's a bad idea), and at self-publishing (and...

By Iola Goulton Last week, we looked at a question many authors have: Is My Novel Publishable? The short answer was, yes. The long an...

I almost gave up on my latest book, Becoming Me . I began exploring the idea behind it in 2013, then wrote most of my original version ...

By Iola Goulton The most important maxim to remember in relation to publishing is simple: Money flows from the publisher to the author If...

By Iola Goulton Over the last two weeks, we’ve looked at two paths to publishing: working with an agent to attract a major publisher , and ...

By Narelle Atkins Vanity Publishing Vanity Presses make their money from authors rather than from selling books. They charge authors ...

By Iola Goulton It has been suggested that I write a series of posts illustrating some of the common fiction editing issues I see, and sugg...

Publishing industry experts Joel Friedlander and Betty Kelly have undertaken a monumental task with The Self-Publishers Ultimate Resource Bo...