By Robin Trent | Dark Muse Press Lessons From the Indie Publishing Trenches Self-publishing is often described as a revolution in modern literature. With a few clicks, an author can upload a manuscript, design a cover, and distribute a book to readers around the world. Platforms such as Amazon KDP, Apple Books, and Kobo have…

What Authors Actually Spend—and How to Spend Wisely Self-publishing has often been described as “free.” In the strictest sense, that statement is technically true: an author can upload a manuscript to platforms such as Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing and publish a book without paying an upfront fee. Yet anyone who has traveled the road of…

A Strange Reality of Self-Publishing Metadata One of the stranger moments in a self-publisher’s journey can arrive unexpectedly: you search for your book online and discover it listed for sale somewhere you never placed it. This happened to me recently. While searching for my novel Moonshine, I discovered a listing for the book on eBay….