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Thinking of Self-Publishing? Listen to This Interview to Find Out What to Look for in Self-Publishers So You Won’t Get Ripped Off!

Diane Eble interviews Mark Levine, author of The Fine Print of Self-Publishing: The Contracts & Services of 45 Self-Publishing Companies–Analyzed, Ranked and Exposed.

Listen to find out the biggest mistakes authors make when they self-publish (and how to avoid them), the number one way self-publishing companies gouge authors, and more. You will also discover how you can ask Mark Levine your burning questions about self-publishing, and how to attend the upcoming Virtual Book Tour on The Fine Print of Self-Publishing. Listen and learn … formulate your question for Mark Levine … check out his book … and know that you don’t have to be ripped off by any self-publishing company if you’re armed with this knowledge. (Yes, there are good companies out there!)

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Yvette Shaw originally wrote her book, Alpha Female, to give the TV series L Word a run for its money. “There are not nearly enough Lesbian themed shows out there for us to choose from. We as Lesbians, have a very limited choice, when it comes to viewing our own self images on the screen. So I decided to write.” (more…)

Sam Moffie was frustrated with the publishing world so he decided on an experiment to test whether or not anyone was reading his manuscripts when he sent them to a publisher or agent. The fascinating results are available as a free download “God Bless You Mr. Vonnegut.” Moffie has also written three other books available on Bookhabit – Swap, The Organ Grinder And The Monkey and No-Mad.. He writes in a comedy style that he says is not the “Cookie Cutter style that sells so well these days”.

As a bar owner he’s had probably more stories and characters through his life than most writers. It has given him an excellent opportunity to observe (more…)

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Jonathan had a sales background and dreamed of owning his own business. This generated a number of questions: Where do you get the idea from? Where do you get the (more…)

Randy Davis entered the Bookhabit Unpublished Competition and then set about finding an agent and publisher. In less than a month he had a signed contract with an agent, two other offers, and a publisher keen on his book.

Randy took a very structured approach to marketing and promoting his book. He researched on the internet how to write a query letter and how to approach each agent, “There is an amazing amount of information of what agents want – all available on the (more…)