Self Publishing with Ellen Reid

posted by David Wolf on Aug 30, 2010 | Comments (0) | Permalink | Trackback URL

Here are some of the questions guiding our discussion:

1. Why did you write this book, Putting Your Best Book Forward?
2. Chapter 1, “Leveling the Playing Field”…what do you mean by this?
3. Are the days of getting an agent and a big publisher going away?
4. Chapter 3-” Setting Up Your Publishing Company”—I know you often recommend that authors set up their own publishing company. What are the advantages to doing this?
5. You’ve written that you love to see authors approach their projects as a self or independent publisher. Why is this the method you recommend?
6. What do so many authors seem to underestimate about this process-writing, creating and marketing a book?
7. In the book, you walk the reader through the process of taking a manuscript to a book and beyond. Walk us through what you, The Book Shepherd, does through each stage of production…
8. Let’s talk about distribution. What has been the traditional model for authors and where is it going?
9. Where can we find your book, “Putting Your Best Book Forward” to learn more?

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