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tmrogersjr1's review against another edition
5.0
Add this to your list of must-read books for every serious self-publisher. I would also recommend The Self publishing manual by Dan Poynter, 61 ways to sell more kindle books by Steve Scott and On Writing well by William Zinsser
juliebihn's review against another edition
I downloaded the Kindle version for free, and I would've been really disappointed if I'd paid for it. The formatting had no indents, and it's just not quite optimized for the Kindle the way I'd expect a book published by a big publisher to be. (And yes, it's maybe a bit ironic that a guide to self-publishing appears to be published by a royalty publisher.)
Since our book is already published, I focused on the promotion aspects. There seems to be a fair amount of useful information on promoting if you're writing a non-fiction print book. But there wasn't all that much on promoting if you're writing fiction. The version I downloaded, at least, was pretty light on eBooks, considering how ubiquitous they are now. Since there is a Kindle version it would be nice if the author/s could keep the book a bit more current with changing trends.
What really jarred me is the anecdote about an author who craftily told his potential reviewers, "Why wait for the old-fashioned next-day courier when you can read it online right now? I will give you the unique Internet address of my book or send it to you as an e-mail attachment that you can view in Adobe Acrobat Reader." In 2012, when most people either have a Kindle, a Nook, an iPad, or a phone that can read eBooks, I don't think sending a PDF attachment should really be called "a new approach to (obtaining) book reviews."
Worth looking into if you're planning to print a bunch of physical copies and sell them yourself. For eBooks, you can probably get better information just searching Google.
Since our book is already published, I focused on the promotion aspects. There seems to be a fair amount of useful information on promoting if you're writing a non-fiction print book. But there wasn't all that much on promoting if you're writing fiction. The version I downloaded, at least, was pretty light on eBooks, considering how ubiquitous they are now. Since there is a Kindle version it would be nice if the author/s could keep the book a bit more current with changing trends.
What really jarred me is the anecdote about an author who craftily told his potential reviewers, "Why wait for the old-fashioned next-day courier when you can read it online right now? I will give you the unique Internet address of my book or send it to you as an e-mail attachment that you can view in Adobe Acrobat Reader." In 2012, when most people either have a Kindle, a Nook, an iPad, or a phone that can read eBooks, I don't think sending a PDF attachment should really be called "a new approach to (obtaining) book reviews."
Worth looking into if you're planning to print a bunch of physical copies and sell them yourself. For eBooks, you can probably get better information just searching Google.
vkdixon's review against another edition
2.0
Not very helpful for my needs. I simply wanted to be walked through the process of self-publishing my poetry book, but this took it to a more business oriented perspective. It focuses more on owning and running a self-publishing business rather than the details of actually publishing your book for yourself. Not bad, just not what I was hoping for. It did seem that there was a lot of helpful information if you are wanting to create your own business out of self-publishing.
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