How To Get To Know People No. 5
This blog is about bringing people together around good things. In your life, in my life, and in the world we share. But people won't come together around good things unless they first find a reason to meet each other. Along these lines, this weekly post provides one fun, simple idea for meeting and getting to know the people around you.
No. 5 Stage an Independent Act of Kindness.
A few weeks back, I logged into Facebook and noticed a crafty set of Valentines gift bags in my feed. They ...
How Much Does a Book Cost? Self-publishing in Dollars and Cents
How Much Does a Book Cost? A Simple Overview of Self-Publishing Costs
It all depends on what pieces of the project you can do yourself (or recruit highly skilled friends to do for free or reduced fees) and how many of the tasks you have to pay for. The good news is, whether you hire it all out or do it yourself, you can spread out the payments pretty easily by having the editing done one month, doing the cover the next and so forth.
Typically, unless you have professional training and ...
STORY 2012 – Everywhere (The Video)
Story Conference Branding
Every year, STORY is packaged in recognizable, but unique-to-the-year branding. This year's theme, Everywhere, took shape in an Austin, TX photo shoot. Today, STORY founder and friend Ben Arment shared this video of the experience, filmed by James Burniston.
From Idea to Book: Interview with Joanna Penn of the Creative Penn
A month or so ago I started a blog series that interviewed five "average people" about their experiences self-publishing.
As a follow up to this series, the next few weeks will bring interviews with self-publishing executives, well known writing bloggers and some EXTREMELY successful self-published authors.
Today, I'm thrilled to be sharing some thoughts from Joanna Penn. Joanna is an author, blogger and consultant based in London, England (although, to add to her international savvy, ...
Dream Year Books – Dream Year for Books from STORY
My friends Ben, Jen and Brandon launched a new hybrid-publishing model today!
The 30-second recap? They'll encourage you along in writing your book, provide an editor, assign you a designer and get your book printed for $4,200 (plus a $2 processing fee per book sold via retailers). And no fear, the $4.2k is broken up into four more affordable installments over a 9 month period.
Writers write the book between March and December of this year.
You can read about their new take on ...