Category: Features

  • Selling books at Comic-Con: The self-publisher perspective

    While most marketing and promotional strategies are directed online these days, fan conventions can offer self-published authors a way to meet and sell directly to potential readers and add a ‘personal touch’ to their message. Authors Marianna Shek, Marissa Price and Felix Long shared a stall at the Gold Coast Supanova Comic-Con & Gaming Expo,…

  • Comic-Con author profile: Marianna Shek

    Describe your latest book in under 50 words. The Stolen Button is a fairytale picture book about a spoilt girl, Mei Ling, who gets lost inside a mirror maze and trades her belly button to a gypsy in order to get home. Why self-publish? I had some interest from publishers but they wanted me to…

  • Comic-Con author profile: Felix Long

    Describe your latest book in under 50 words. My latest book is To Conquer Heaven. It follows Jeremy Wang, who has found a clue to the location of the lost tomb of the first emperor of China, and a lost treasure more amazing than King Tutankhamun’s tomb. There’s just one problem: the emperor was a…

  • Comic-Con author profile: Marissa Price

    Describe your latest book in under 50 words. Into the Abyss is Shakespeare meets Outlander. The latest instalment, Scourge of Scotland, is a magical realism novel where worlds collide, based on the brilliance and bloodbath that is Macbeth. Why self-publish? The technical process of publishing is something that I felt confident doing on my own.…

  • FAQ with the ISBN team

    What is MyIdentifiers.com.au? MyIdentifiers.com.au is a Bowker platform that provides publishers with tools and resources to purchase and assign book identifiers such as ISBNs, SANs, QR codes and others. MyIdentifiers.com.au provides a host of discoverability services and solutions for publishers including automated tools to update or add to their title listings in Bowker’s Books in Print database. Additionally,…

  • Publishing as a business: how to set up a small business in Australia

    You’ve now decided to self-publish so the first question you need to ask yourself is, are you a hobby or are you a business? It’s important to establish whether you’re approaching publishing as a business or a hobby early on as it will affect your tax and deductions. When running a business, you pay tax…

  • Self-publishing essentials with Ellie Marney: Money matters for self-publishers

    Dealing with money and totting up figures … It’s not exactly the first thing a writer imagines when they’re thinking about their next book. But if you’re self-publishing, you’re not only working creatively—you’re running a small business. If you want your business to succeed (because paying the bills allows you to keep writing, right?) it’s…

  • Michelle Morgan on ‘Flying through Clouds’

    The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Spark Award recognizes excellence in children’s books published through an independent or non-traditional route. Michelle Morgan, who won the 2017 SCBWI Spark Award in the Books for Older Readers category, spoke to Independent Publishing about her winning novel Flying through the clouds and her self-publishing journey. Describe your latest book in…

  • Indie book reviews: why you need them and 5 top tips for getting them

    When it comes to promoting an indie book, you don’t have a whole marketing team behind you like a traditionally published author does. Authors on contracts with publishing houses generally have a whole campaign developed for them, not only saving the author time and money but also potentially leading to a wider reach for the book.…

  • Helen Prochazka on ‘The Mathematics Book’

    Teacher and former president of the Mathematical Association of Tasmania, Helen Prochazka, has an enduring love for mathematics that has seen her author a series of high school maths textbooks, as well as her latest book for adults, The Mathematics Book. Prochazka spoke with Independent Publishing about her self-publishing journey. Describe your latest book in…