by Michele DeFilippo | May 31, 2017 | Author Websites, Book Marketing, Book Pricing, Selling Books, Website Design
Often we are asked by authors, “What will a website do for me? I already have a Facebook page….” Having a Facebook page is really quite essential these days, even if it seems the daily slog to get people to “like” your page can be too much. Basically, you need to grab... 
by Michele DeFilippo | Feb 4, 2016 | Book Cover Design, Book Interior Design, Book Marketing, Book Pricing, Book Printing, Editing & Proofreading, How to Self-publish a Book, Publishing Business, Publishing Options, Self-publishing for professionals
Type “cheapest way to self-publish a book” into your search engine of choice, and you will retrieve any number of articles giving you advice on how to do just that. One recently published article also told readers the “best way” in addition to the cheapest. I thought... by Michele DeFilippo | Jul 6, 2015 | Book Pricing, Publishing Business, Publishing Options, Self-publishing for professionals, Selling Books
On July 1, 2015, Amazon.com changed how royalties for self-published Kindle books are structured. Rather than paying authors when a book is downloaded, it will pay for the number of digital pages that are turned (so to speak). Thus, if a book is downloaded but goes... 
by Michele DeFilippo | Mar 6, 2015 | Book Pricing, Book Printing, Publishing Business
Updated August 10, 2022 If words such as “managing” and “print-on-demand” seem a little confusing, please force yourself to keep reading because, bottom line, I’m going to show you how to earn more per book. Print-On-Demand: Who Does the Printing? Here is the... 
by Michele DeFilippo | Feb 23, 2015 | Book Pricing, Book Printing, Publishing Business
This blog post is the first in a two-part series that aims to demystify book printing, outline your options, and give you the information you need to manage your own printing and avoid extra charges from self-publishing companies for managing these services. There are... by Michele DeFilippo | Jan 8, 2012 | Book Pricing, Title Writing & Back Cover Copywriting
Publishing a book is a huge undertaking, reserved for the truly courageous. Launching a series is more challenging than launching a single book, because it’s difficult to recover from a false start. Here are a few pointers: (1) Before launching any book, but... 