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Here are some of the most useful articles from around the web to aid you on your self publishing journey;

Interesting Take on Traditional vs Self Publishing

Should You Self-Publish or Wait for a Traditional Deal?

Is Self-Publishing an Impediment to Landing a Publishing Contract? by Stephanie Gunning

What Does Self Publishing Cost? by Joel Friedlander

Print on Demand

The Advantages of Print-on-Demand Book Printing by Dana Lynn Smith

How Not to Publish Print on Demand

eBooks:

E-book Checklist – an amazingly comprehensive list by Catherine Ryan Howard

The Writer’s Guide to ePublishing – a treasure trove of info, with real sales figures from it’s readers

Smashwords Style Guide

Shorter version of Smashwords Style Guide

Fun article about the eBook Gold rush 

Best Selling Author Karen McQuestion Gives eBook Advice to Authors

Editing

What Every Self-Publisher Ought to Know about Editing by Joel Friedlander

Getting your book onto Book Review Sites

Choosing an Editor Advice

Amazon

Amazon Product Description

Tagging books

Promotions

Using Your Personality to Sell Your Book

3 Layers of Book Promotion by Maria Zannini

Author Websites

Seven Tips that Can Make or Break Your Site

5 Essentials for Engaging Your Reader

The 5 Biggest Mistakes Writers Make on Their Sites

Social Media

How to use Twitter to Sell a Book

Facebook Fanpage Advice

Establishing on Online Presence on Social Media

Publishing Guide to Twitter (Radio interview with Jon Reed from Publishing talk)

Sites/ Book Links:

I only include websites, blogs and books that I have personally found, read and deem to be VERY useful. Nothing average or sub par shall land on these pages!

Essentials for  Successful Self Publishing:

Dan Poynter: Self Publishing Manual

Peter Bowerman: The Well Fed Self Publisher

Catherine Ann Howard: A Sane Person’s Guide to Self Publishing

Joel Friedlander: A Self Publisher’s Companion

Aaron Shepard: POD for Profit

Must Reads for Mighty Book Marketing

Steve Weber: Plug Your Book! Online Book Marketing for Authors

Patricia L. Fry: Over 75 Good Ideas for Promoting Your Book

Aaron Shepard: Aiming at Amazon

Sites I Love

Dan Blank’s We Grow Media: http://wegrowmedia.com/

Catherine, Caffeinated: http://catherineryanhoward.com/

Anne R Allen’s Blog: http://annerallen.blogspot.com/

Dana Lynn Smith: http://bookmarketingmaven.typepad.com/

Steven Lewis’s Taleist

The Writer’s Guide to ePublishing

Joel Friedlander, The Book Designer: http://www.thebookdesigner.com/

JA Konrath: The Newbie’s Guide to Publishing http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/

Because Books Don’t Sell Themselves: http://laurapepperwu.wordpress.com

The Self Publishing Coach, Shelley Hitz.
http://www.self-publishing-coach.com/

30 Day Books.com (My site!)