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How to save thousands of dollars publishing your book (9 reasons you shouldn’t work with a small press).

How to save thousands of dollars publishing your book (9 reasons you shouldn’t work with a small press).

I’ve been sitting on this post awhile. It’s opinionated. I’m rankled. Which means my judgment may be clouded, and I don’t want to pass my cloudy judgment on to you. On the other hand, I’m getting pretty damn good at helping authors publish books and just about every aspect of self-publishing. I can take a The 3...

January 20, 2014 Derek Murphy self-publishing, small press 123

How much will you spend self-publishing your book? Please leave feedback!

Recently a lot of my authors have been sending the printing requirements for the small presses and publishers they’ve signed up with. These are author services companies, that usually charge a huge up-front fee (average $1000 for ebook publishing, $3000 for ebook and POD print book). But since these publishers and small presses have...

November 21, 2013 Derek Murphy how much, price, small press 80
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