T. R. Catanzarite's Blog (24)

John K - In your May 1, 2007 Newsletter you listed eight options for publishing a book. One of them was to use a small publisher. You mentioned the Santa Monica Press. I looked over its site, and it appears to be genuine and excellent. It has an interesting booklist. I may submit a ms to it. However, in the past I had researched the small presses and found the experience to be depressing. Most of them are niche or what I call "coterie" presses. "Coterie" presses are ones that get their funding… Continue

John---Thanks for the succinct list of book publishing options in your current newsletter (05-01-07). I can offer one variant to the list: Starting your own publishing company, but letting a POD publisher, who will allow you to use your own imprint (and ISBN, if you want) but do the distribution, obtain ISBN & Bar Code, file for copyright, fulfillment and some marketing for you. To me, this seems a good option because it allows an individual presence while being efficient of time. I plan to… Continue

On a dreary Sunday afternoon, I have an idea. Morgan Mandell invited me to join her social network, and I did. Judi Lake and starinrose are committed to social networks. There a great many other such networks involving books and publishing in all facets. Most of us, or at least the authors, are trying to get into the elitist world of commercial publication by the major publishers. If we organized and told the commercial publishers that we would not buy any more of their books until they dealth… Continue

I got the following from Kim at "PageFree Publishing, Inc." at kdb@pagefreepublishing.com. "Here is the process we use: 1) We notify LSI that we need a new imprint name - this would be the imprint you designate. 2) We use the ISBN you furnish, and the LSI/Ingram converts it to 13-digit (all our are 10-digit since bought so many not long ago). 3) We make sure your book shows up using your ISBN and imprint name. 4) When/if you withdraw the book from… Continue