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What name should you publish under?
If you are planning on self-publishing a name is important.
One of the first things I did was to set up a publishing name. Second Act Press. This has a personal meaning to only me and gives my books a bit of publishing weight.
With a purchased ISBN you can publish under your name or a DBA (Doing Business As) name. However, if you use one of the free ISBN offered through Createspace or another company, their name will appear as publisher.
Have you considered a publishing name?
Or have you not thought about one?
If you are writing a book, start thinking. It’s a big decision.
Want more tips? Keep reading.
What to name your publishing company by Rob Bignell
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Do you know if you need one yet?
An ISBN for your book?
This question pops up again and again.
Free vs Purchased? Which is better?
I know authors who use both. The answer is a personal one and each #writer must decide what fits the goal for their book. But whatever you do, don’t take the decision lightly.
I purchased my ISBN from Bowker and published through both IngramSpark and Createspace.
Here is why:
- I wanted hard copies, not just ebooks.
- A purchased ISBN belongs to me. Giving me all publishing rights and control.
- Allows me to publish under my imprint. (Second Act Press, not Amazon or Createspace.)
- My books are available to my local library through the IngramSpark catalog. (Love seeing them there.)
- Brick and mortar stores can order them. (One-day fingers crossed.)
But, I did not purchase an ISBN for the ebook version.
Here is why:
- It is my understanding that ebooks use an ASIN which is provided by KDP free. (Y’all correct me if I’m wrong on this.)
- The ebook distribution does best through Kindle (In my humble opinion.)
Virginia Anderson goes into a great more detail about the ins and outs of ISBNs in a recent blog post. So, head over and read her article before you decide to buy or not buy one for your book.
Help! Do I Really NEED an ISBN? by VS Anderson
Have you decided what you need for your book?
Did you buy an ISBN or use a free one?
Did you use a publishing service to handle this?
Did you find the process complicated?
Will you do it differently next time? How?
Waiting on your comments, please leave me one.
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You ever feel the need to slow the hell down?
Well, I do, but don’t. Sigh…
I should plaster the phrase “Slow Down” in every room of my house! 
Maybe that would help me avoid a lot of problems.
Three weeks ago, I fell into a dark parking lot. I was rushing and not aware of an obstacle in my path. Result, my front teeth were damaged and I’m gonna be out of a butt-load of money.
Last week I released the e-book for my third children’s picture book, A Reluctant Little Prince. Yay, good so far.
Next, release the print version. I was ready, or so I thought. Seemed as if it was taking forever. I wanted to get this thing out before the holidays.
I checked the online proof. Looked for glaring issues like typos and margins. What I didn’t catch, all the pictures were in B&W!
Thank God I decided to wait for a physical proof to arrive before hitting the final publish button.
Now, I’m waiting on Createspace to let me change the set-up. Ugh! If only I’d been a bit more cautious going through the set-up phase, I wouldn’t have to redo the entire thing. If only I’d been a bit more cautious in that dark parking lot, I wouldn’t be looking at thousands of dollars in dental work.
Patience is not one of my virtues.
Okay, enough bellyaching. Deep breaths and work on a new project while I wait for Createspace to help me fix this mistake.
One thing I know for sure, being an Indie is not for the faint of heart.
I’ll let y’all know when the print versions of A Reluctant Little Prince is available.
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What about you? Have you made costly publication mistakes?
Did it cost time or dollars?
Or maybe you’re a very patient writer?
I’d love to hear from you! Leave a comment or
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