Published: Aug. 08, 2011
Words: 27,995 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465859266

Short description

2012 Updated Version. A Step-By-Step Guide to Being an Indie Publisher. Written by Dean Wesley Smith, USA Today Bestselling writer and former publisher of Pulphouse Publishing. Point-by-point, Dean tells you what is needed to start up a publishing house and sell your books both electronically but also to bookstores.

Extended description

2012 Updated Version.

A Step-By-Step Guide to Being an Indie Publisher. Written by Dean Wesley Smith, USA Today Bestselling writer and former publisher of Pulphouse Publishing. Point-by-point, Dean tells you what is needed to start up a publishing house and sell your books both electronically but also to bookstores.

Bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written more than ninety popular novels and well over 100 published short stories. His novels include the science fiction novel Laying the Music to Rest and the thriller The Hunted as D.W. Smith. With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. He writes under many pen names and has also ghosted for a number of top bestselling writers.

Dean has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and has done scripts for Hollywood. One movie was actually made.

Over his career he has also been an editor and publisher, first at Pulphou.. (Read more) 2012 Updated Version.

A Step-By-Step Guide to Being an Indie Publisher. Written by Dean Wesley Smith, USA Today Bestselling writer and former publisher of Pulphouse Publishing. Point-by-point, Dean tells you what is needed to start up a publishing house and sell your books both electronically but also to bookstores.

Bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written more than ninety popular novels and well over 100 published short stories. His novels include the science fiction novel Laying the Music to Rest and the thriller The Hunted as D.W. Smith. With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. He writes under many pen names and has also ghosted for a number of top bestselling writers.

Dean has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and has done scripts for Hollywood. One movie was actually made.

Over his career he has also been an editor and publisher, first at Pulphouse Publishing, then for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books.

Currently, he is writing thrillers and mystery novels under another name and working with WMG Publishing to put stories up for sale.
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books, publishing, electronic books, how to publish, wmg publishing, dean wesley smith, indie publishing, think like a publisher

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Review by: Misti Wolanski on May 30, 2012 :
Well worth the lunch money, even though it's also getting posted free on the author's blog. (And you'll probably want to check out the blog anyway for the discussions in the comments.)

The book provides handy advice on how to set up a sane publishing company that makes sense, makes money, and can hold its own in the business. Highly recommended for self-publishers and small press startups alike.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Misti Wolanski on May 30, 2012 :
Well worth the lunch money, even though it's also getting posted free on the author's blog. (And you'll probably want to check out the blog anyway for the discussions in the comments.)

The book provides handy advice on how to set up a sane publishing company that makes sense, makes money, and can hold its own in the business. Highly recommended for self-publishers and small press startups alike.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Rachel Starr Thomson on Jan. 23, 2012 : (no rating)
The best book on indie publishing I've read: from background industry info to doing the math, this is what you need to launch a viable business.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Triple V Publishing on Nov. 28, 2011 :
A great resource. Very much a step by step guide, with some simple things to implement, and also a few leftfield ideas.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Unicorn Productions on Oct. 09, 2011 :
a must for every indie author.
Yes, it's free on Dean's blog, but like Krista says, it's good to have it in one place for reference! :-)
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: Krista D. Ball on Sep. 02, 2011 :
Outstanding resource.

All of this information is available on Dean's blog, but it's useful to have all of those posts together in one ebook.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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