PRLog (Press Release) -
May 29, 2008 -
Independent author April L. Hamilton, recently selected by BookSurge™ to be a featured author in their booth at this year’s BookExpoAmerica (BEA), has just released her much-anticipated how-to book,
The IndieAuthor Guide. The
Guide covers every step along the road to self-publication, beginning with a brief history of the American publishing business, continuing into chapters on self-publishing options, formatting for print on demand, editing and revising, designing your own book cover, publishing through CreateSpace™
, publishing for the Kindle™, and publishing to various other ebook formats. The book also includes a brief HTML primer, as well as chapters on creating your brand and promotion; at nearly 90pp, these latter two chapters could stand alone as a book in their own right. Hamilton previously posted early drafts of chapters from the book for free download from her website, earning many thanks from her fellow indie authors and numerous accolades as well. Joe Wikert, VP of John Wiley & Sons Trade and Technical book division, Robert Nagle of Teleread, and Sunni Morris of The Heritage Writers group are just a few of those singing the praises of the free downloads and The IndieAuthor Guide.
The IndieAuthor Guide is now available in the CreateSpace™
store (
http://www.createspace.com/3340832) and will be available on Amazon.com by mid-June.
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http://www.prlog.org/10076088/1April L. Hamilton is a writer based in Southern California. Frustrated by the new business model of the highly-consolidated publishing industry, Hamilton has elected to publish her work independently. Hamilton is primarily an author of novels, but has documented her self-publishing expertise and processes in a how-to book, The IndieAuthor Guide. Free, early chapters from the Guide are available at her author website (
http://www.aprillhamilton.com), where free excerpts from her novels are also available.
