#self publishing
Tax Tips for Freelance Writers and Self-Published Authors
If you earn money selling your words to websites and other publishers, the Internal Revenue Service will likely say you’re a small business owner. Freelance income is self-employment income, and so are any royalties you receive for that book you published or self-published. That can be a good thing, because the self-employed are privy to some tax perks that employees don’t usually receive. To learn more, see the full TurboTax article.
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Can anyone help me with self publishing a book? Don’t know what is the best way to go about it. I’ve been looking at so much stuff I don’t know what to do anymore. Is Amazon good? I need some help. Please and thank you.
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To be honest, I don’t think anyone will ever need or use the table of contents I add into my Heralds of Rhimn books, but I put them in anyway to flex angrily on the way that tables of contents have started to disappear from even books that could benefit from them. It’s just good design practice.
Same goes for the glossary and translations, except that my readers might actually find those useful. Or at least interesting!
The Millennials were next, with the Public Record in the palms of their hands. #eBooks
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My book is now in the Premium Catalogue at Smashwords, which means I can officially stop calling myself a Writer and start calling myself an Author… if I feel like it. It might be a little pretentious. You get the point though. I wrote a book, a long book. Seventy Two Thousand plus words.
Here’s a list of ways people all over the world can get my book. If…
Back with another weekly video! I’ll try to keep these posts once a week, since I know we all love the Shadowhunter world more than me!
In this week’s video, I talk about the 10 things I learned between self-publishing my first book, WHAT ARE FRIENDS FOR?, and gearing up to publish my second book, OUT OF MY LEAGUE.
If you’re interested, please check it out!
First YouTube video?!
Camp NaNoWriMo starts TOMORROW and this self-published author is participating! Come find out what I’m working on and leave a comment if you’re doing Camp NaNo as well!
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Tweet from Lambda Literary (@LambdaLiterary)
Lambda Literary (@LambdaLiterary) Tweeted:
We talked with three self-published queer authors—Blue Delliquanti, M. Haynes, and Fiona Zedde—about their self-pub journeys, the state of contemporary publishing, and their advice for new writers.
@bluedelliquanti @fionazedde @LooseAsADEUCE
https://t.co/1qfUr1E4JWhttps://twitter.com/LambdaLiterary/status/1435241527475851265?s=20
Watch “INTERLUDE: Interview with Selfies Award-Winner (Adult Fiction) - Ivan D Wainewright” on YouTube
5 Visual Indicators Your Book is Self-Published
So, you wrote something. You want to put it into the world.
Here’s what you need to know:
Self publishing will almost never, on its own, pay the bills. You will not probably sell very many copies unless you are very intense on marketing or you already have a following that wants to purchase something you wrote.
This is the simple fact of being a writer. If you want to become a new york times best seller, you either need to publish with a publishing house, or you need to have a MASSIVE following before self publishing.
That being said, do not be deterred. I’ve written and helped publish over 20 books and projects, and I still have a day job to 1) pay the bills and 2) help fund my projects. The day job is how I earn money (for now), but what I do for a livingis 100% creation.
First, re-read your book. Is it clear of errors? Do you have friends who want to read it to see if it’s meandering or unclear? This is true for fiction, poetry, TTRPGs, and more. Have other people look it over. It’s always worth it.
Then, you can do some research into the ways to self publish, i.e. the sites that will help you print, but I have found personally that Lulu is one of the best/cheapest options. I have moved largely towards Drivethru’s sites, DrivethruRPG and DrivethruFiction, just to consolidate my stuff. The pricing and quality is pretty similar to Lulu, but I do poetry and don’t feel Drivethru is the right place.
Note that self publishing doesn’t require paper copies, like through those sites. You can also just have an itch.io, or an etsy shop, or an internet store front for PDF copies alone.
If you are doing all the work yourself, be sure to take some time to be thoughtful with your book’s layout. If you are making something to look fancy, with a neat layout, be sure to take your time with it. Look through fonts to find nice ones. Use a fancy one for titles/headers or the book’s title, and a clear to read font for the body text. If you are using art or borders or fancy stuff, be sure to check out other books of that book type to figure out what you want to include in the design for yours. It’s okay to steal design ideas, color palletes, or general shapes of the layout, just dont go stealing logos or actual design elements from the other texts.
Most printers also offer advice or tutorials on how to make your book print ready for their manufacturing needs. Be sure to read those thoroughly, especially the first time.
Then, once you’ve order a print proof from them, you can start selling right away. From there, as a solo artist/self published artist, you will 100% be doing all your own marketing. Almost none of the print on demand websites that you can use for this will do any of the marketing for you, at least without you paying for it. So post on your twitter, your tumblr, your facebook, your instagram. Include links, and post once a day (or more, once in the morning, once at night) leading up to the release, and for a week or more after. Don’t be afraid to support yourself!
If people have specific questions, or specifics on items other than books, I’d love to answer on here!
I have some experience on Kickstarters and more!
Been wanting to do this for a while, put all my book children together for a picture. Since the newest book comes out tomorrow, I finally got around to doing it! Some WIPs not pictured (mainly 3 outside of my current series project that have a lot of words in them but are all on pause haha but my goal is to finish at least one of those this year as well)
To that anon that asked me a while ago if I thought it was worth it to chase this as a career or just focus on a love of writing, my answer is the same. Keep at it if being a published author is what you want. This year I’m making a full time income. Every day, every book, it gets better and I love it!
a new project and a humble request
a new project and a humble request
I haven’t been blogging much over the course of the pandemic, but despite challenging times it has been a productive year for my studio work. I made a conscious choice to step away from illustrating nonfiction graphic novels, the bread and butter of my freelance, in pursuit of fictional storytelling and worldbuilding, a desire I’ve had since I started out as a freelancer about 18 years ago.
One…
Next week — a new journey begins.
Beginning next week: An all new weekly digital fantasy series from E.B. Johnon (@thehonestauthor).
My new novella is finally here! It’s currently available at SmashwordsandAmazon!
Cake Walk
David’s talent and hard work as pastry chef and owner of Knead to Know has earned him a dedicated customer base over the last three years, but he faces an unexpected challenge when a new bakery, Cake Walk, opens up just down the road. He anticipates a potential loss in sales if he doesn’t change up his menu, but what he doesn’t anticipate is that the owner of this interloping bakery is not only exactly his type─ but downright charming and intensely interested in getting in David’s pants from the moment they meet. Max isn’t usually the sort to let a little thing like being business competitors get in the way of landing the guy of his dreams, but his own perceived shortcomings might sabotage him first if David can’t meet him halfway.
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My new novella is finally here! It’s currently available at SmashwordsandAmazon!
Cake Walk
David’s talent and hard work as pastry chef and owner of Knead to Know has earned him a dedicated customer base over the last three years, but he faces an unexpected challenge when a new bakery, Cake Walk, opens up just down the road. He anticipates a potential loss in sales if he doesn’t change up his menu, but what he doesn’t anticipate is that the owner of this interloping bakery is not only exactly his type─ but downright charming and intensely interested in getting in David’s pants from the moment they meet. Max isn’t usually the sort to let a little thing like being business competitors get in the way of landing the guy of his dreams, but his own perceived shortcomings might sabotage him first if David can’t meet him halfway.
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My new novella is finally here! It’s currently available at SmashwordsandAmazon!
Cake Walk
David’s talent and hard work as pastry chef and owner of Knead to Know has earned him a dedicated customer base over the last three years, but he faces an unexpected challenge when a new bakery, Cake Walk, opens up just down the road. He anticipates a potential loss in sales if he doesn’t change up his menu, but what he doesn’t anticipate is that the owner of this interloping bakery is not only exactly his type─ but downright charming and intensely interested in getting in David’s pants from the moment they meet. Max isn’t usually the sort to let a little thing like being business competitors get in the way of landing the guy of his dreams, but his own perceived shortcomings might sabotage him first if David can’t meet him halfway.
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