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This is the tag archive for self-publishing. Posts using this tag may be about any and all aspects of authors who publish their own works, bloggers who produce ebooks, and anything else that might fit. For advice on self-publishing please see the Self-Publishing category.

white and blue robot figure — I’ve been talking to people about the UK book publishing market. I’ve been asking various people in what ways the market has been innovating or failing to innovate. I hoped to hear that it was innovating in all sorts of exciting ways but I fear the exact opposite. Simon Brisk, […]

In what ways is the UK book publishing market innovating ...

31st January 2025 in Business tagged Innovations in book publishing / self-publishing / UK publishing by Matthew Brown

books in black wooden book shelf — At last, we are back with part three of our series taking a look at everything you need to know about self-publishing. In this instalment, we will look at services, marketing, and book cover design. Previous instalments Services for self-publishers In part two, we looked at topics such as proofreading […]

Self-Publishing: Everything you need to know – part 3

11th April 2022 in Self-Publishing tagged Author Platform / book covers / design / fails / self-publishing by Matthew Brown

books for sale — In this post, I take a deep dive into selecting and submitting to a publisher. I should say right off the bat that I am far from being an expert in this subject. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the people who have spoken to me about their […]

How to choose a publisher

31st May 2020 in Uncategorised tagged agents / Andy Weir / Derek Murphy / independent publishers / Jane Friedman / publisher / self-promotion / self-publishing by Matthew Brown

Old Printing Press — In discussions and forums, I have noticed that many people carry a low opinion of self-publishing authors. Why is that? I am not suggesting that there are not some terrible self-published books out there. There are many very poor attempts that would have benefited from a professional editor. There are […]

Why the low opinion of self-publishing authors?

29th May 2019 in Opinion tagged authors / progress / publishing / ramble / self-publishing by Matthew Brown

Back in April the BBC told us that some authors are going “audio only”. Is audio only publishing something more authors should do or is it just a fad? What is audio only publishing? Audio only is exactly what you think. Publishing only in audiobook format. Traditionally when we talk […]

Is it worth going audio only?

1st June 2018 in Business tagged audiobooks / Chris Fox / income / self-publishing by Matthew Brown

many books — In part one, we started to look at the world of self-publishing. In part two we are going to look at some of the many disciplines needed to make a success of self-publishing. Self-publishing is here to stay. As a growing part of the publishing world, self-publishing is not something […]

Self-Publishing: Everything you need to know – part 2

4th January 2018 in Self-Publishing tagged earnings / fans / income / money / publishing / self-publishing by Matthew Brown

British Pounds — There is an alternative funding model for authors. We are all familiar with the standard author funding model. Write a book, promote the book, sell books… But that is not the only game in town. The alternative funding model takes a little outside of the box thinking and is not […]

An alternative funding model for authors

15th December 2017 in Business / Self-Publishing tagged fans / income / money / self-publishing by Matthew Brown

Internet — It is the most common question I encounter when talking about this stuff, so today we are going to answer the question of how to become an author. At least according to the Internet. We asked Google “How do I become an author”. This is what we found. Write something […]

How to become an author (according to the Internet)

27th July 2017 in Advice tagged agent / Austin Macauley Publishers / Author / James Campbell / list / Nicholas Sparks / publisher / self-publishing / Sophie Kinsella by Matthew Brown

Old Printing Press — When we started Author Buzz UK one of the topics that we knew we would have to address eventually was that of self-publishing. After trawling through hundreds of articles and adverts aimed at the would-be self-published author, we knew that this was more topic than we could cram into a single article.

Self-Publishing: Everything you need to know – part 1

9th June 2017 in Self-Publishing tagged publishing / self-publishing by Matthew Brown