Why Do Fiction Publishers Get So Uptight About Self-Publishing?
A guest post by Andrew Kent, author of the Johnny Denovo mysteries and writer at The Scholarly Kitchen.  Read his previous post: A Publishing Person Self-Publishes. Recently, Harlequin announced a number of related initiatives (a self-publishing imprint,

The American Book Release
In an interview I recently did with the Creative Penn, she asked how I used the Self-Publishing Review to market myself.  Beyond the footer which contains links to my books at the bottom of each post, I haven’t done a lot of plugging my own books in the posts.  But it’s my site - I started it and do most of th

Finders, Seekers, Losers, Keepers by Heather Rolland
Finders, Seekers, Losers, Keepers is a friendly, low-key novel that reads like a cross between a slightly obsessive diary and the script for a melancholy sitcom. The cover is positively adorable, the author photo oozes cheery goodw

Harlequin Starts Self-Publishing Partnership with Author Solutions
In a similar move to the recent partnership between Thomas Nelson and Author Solutions, Harlequin has started a romance self-publishing wing of its own, which is coming under some of the same scrutiny and criticism as the Thomas Nelson partnership, but perhaps with even greater reason.  Wher

Smashwords Teams Up with Shortcovers
Another week, another major announcement from Smashwords.  From the Smashwords blog: If you haven’t heard of Shortcovers, they’re a hot startup created by Indigo Books, Canada’s largest book retailer. They offer a family of free e-reading apps supporting all major smart phone platforms, includ