Top 10 Best Selling Books in Self Publishing for May 2009

Outskirts Press, the fastest-growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company, today announced its top ten best selling titles for May 2009 according to combined data from Ingram Book Wholesalers and Outskirts Press Wholesale Direct via http://outskirtspress.com/buybooks In alphabetical order, the top ten best selling books in self publishing during the month of May were: Congratulations to … Read more

Save $200 Self Publishing over the 4th of July

We hope you enjoyed Self Publishing Self Help week all week long, where the topics were: 3 Paths to Publishing and which is best for your book (and why) 2 Book Publishing business models and which is best for your book (and why) The definition of self publishing companies, how they’re different (and why that … Read more

How Self Publishing Distribution Works

One of the most common misconceptions about print-on-demand companies is that their only value is printing books one at a time.  While it is true that just-in-time printing is an advantage of publishing with a POD publishing service company, there are many greater advantages than just printing. Allowing a company to handle all the “heavy lifting” … Read more

The definition of self publishing companies

There’s a lot of confusion right now about this whole DIY (do it yourself) publishing thing. The internet is partly to blame because it allows anyone with an opinion to publicize their thoughts, regardless of accuracy. The publishing companies themselves are also partly to blame, because this new realm of self-publishing or POD (print-on-demand) publishing … Read more

2 Book Publishing Business Models

During this SELF PUBLISHING SELF-HELP WEEK we are examining a number of topics. In the last post we examined the 3 Paths to Publishing and determined that the hardest choice was deciding between Path 2 (independent self publishing) and Path 3 (full service self publishing). This follow-up posting may be able to help, since the … Read more