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The bad news bears are always loud in their opinions when comparing self-publishing vs traditional publishing. It usually reads that traditionally published books are winning the publishing war and dominating market share against ebooks, especially over self-published ebooks. While rarely newsworthy, these opinion articles are frequent. They all beat a similar drum that the self-published…

Amazon has taken a new approach and policy change against paid customer reviews, including fake book reviews. In the past, Amazon deleted these product reviews or went after the provider of paid reviews. But Amazon has now set its legal sights on sellers. Paid and fake book reviews are an important issue for self-publishing authors.…

Signing up with a book publisher is every author’s dream. But think twice and beware of book contract nightmares. Never sign a book contract with a publisher without doing your homework first. There are so many small publishers nowadays offering publishing agreements. While some are good, there are many that are not so good or even…