A Tail (ahem!) Tale of 5 Self-Published Books …

Read this if you’re a serious writer and want your work to spread through the globe…great post, Island Editions, expresses clearly how writers today have to wear a multitude of hats or else – its a tough market indeed, and we really have to be as good as we can be! Thanks Chris Graham for leading me to this….

Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing

Recently I read 5 self-published eBooks—all good books in their own way—but 4 of these suffered from “problems” that in my estimation could have been easily rectified. As it was, these problems were enough to diminish my satisfaction in reading what should have been very good books. Without mentioning the authors’ names or their book titles (except for the perfect book!), let me explain what I mean. (I did finish reading every book I list here, but with varying degrees of satisfaction.)

The first book is one I had known about for some time and had even beta-read material in advance to help the author organize and substantively edit in preparation for publication. I read a free Kindle edition. While I thoroughly enjoyed what was written—both the subject matter and the stories told (this was non-fiction about a particular time and place in the author’s life)—I realized that the author…

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