Tuesday, June 27, 2023
I am now
in control of publishing future work, ie. poetry, how-to books and novels
through an imprint titled Oz.one Publishing. When I
completed my Masters in Writing in 2006, technology as far as self-publishing
goes was not as far advanced as it is today. We have online publishing
companies such as KDP, Ingram Spark,
Draft2Digital, Lulu Publishing, Smashwords, and many more. I have been lucky
enough to use Canva Free to publish my covers, (great guys! -thank you) and so
an author can have a professional looking book, both as an ebook and paperback.
THE
FIVE LIVES OF MS BENNETT
Being connected to a group of US authors on a Facebook Page, several
discussions revolved around self-publishing under your own imprint. So after
some serious work on my MA Novel The Five Lives of Ms
Bennett self-publishing the work on Amazon KDP as a Kindle
book, and also as a paperback (Print-on-Demand) has been a breeze and a
joy. Released in February 2023, I'm endeavouring to promote the book on
all my social media channels and through online advertising. There is something
really magical about being in control of your work this way, and also having
your own Imprint. The idea is mainly that not only does your logo look good,
but through Ingram Spark you can gain more distribution access to worldwide bookstores,
libraries and online sellers. It’s a kind of – kudos – currently as
the stigma of being self-published has been removed and replaced with you being
an Indi author.
THE LAST ASBESTOS TOWN
My debut novel, The Last Asbestos Town is
now published as a 2nd Edition. There has been a few changes in the text and
also I have designed a new cover. I prefer this one to the first. There is
something quite satisfying about spending heaps of time: designing a new cover,
re-working or improving the text, uploading all the parameters of trim size,
margins, table of contents, headers & footers, and when finally your effort
goes through and is approved, well, there it is – a new book with a new look
that you have designed yourself.
It still begs the question: Will these books sell as self-published and as a 2nd Edition? Of course, there is much more work to be done. I haven’t reinvented the wheel, but I have new products to sell and also obtain as many reviews as possible.
Check out all my books, including poetry on Amazon here
