Happy Holidays BSFS please enjoy a preview of my upcoming science fiction novel, TIC ONLINE. If you're out in the trenches today for Black Friday deals please remember to keep your head down and check your supply of ammo constantly. Happy hunting!
Read more…Are you a filmmaker looking for somewhere to distribute your films other than Youtube? Do you have enough material for an online series or are working towards making more episodes? Does your work have at least one prominent black character? Would you
One thing to remember whether your working on books, comics, graphic novels, games or films, if you're not doing it via an established distributor you'll have to self-publish it!
Though I do nearly all the above, filmmaking is where I have to do the h
Read more…The BSFS site and it's spinoffs are a wonderful place for content creators and their potential fans to see upcoming and ongoing work before people 'blow-up'. The depths of creativity I've seen here is deep and just hanging around here has upped my g
Here's a story about a woman frustrated by the publishing industry made publishing a lot easier and less expensive....
Read more…When writing a novel for publication, it's a given you'll have to get an ISBN for sale and cataloging purposes for your printed version. But what about your e-pubs or serialized e-versions? The unfortunate answer is yes for all the above.
Whether in h
Read more…Being a self-published author can get pretty expensive, especially when coming up with pre-production capital for things like editing, cover design, layout, printing, marketing, etc. I've been hearing about crowd funding as a way of raising money for
Read more…Hi all!
I just took the plunge into self-publishing. I have 137 multi-cultural, sci-fi short stories that I have been writing since the early 2000's. I have volume 1 and 2 out on Lulu, ibookstore and B&N Nook store, but I want to go to Amazon. Their
Read more…For those of you looking to publish your first or even second novel, one thing you should have in your kit is an Editor. Granted, Editor's pricing can be steep if you're on a budget. But if you shop around you can not only find one you can afford, bu
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I am plugging away at a novel that I have been working on for about 3 years, and I feel like I will finally have a complete draft within the next few months. That said, I would like to start preparing myself in advance for the self-pub
Read more…Based on an astonishing painting by Eric Wilkerson, here is the Nimrod Motion Poster with voice over by Jeffrey Poitier. Poitier has signed on to portray the "Flame Lord," the iconic bad guy of the the Nimrod
The Hunter series in upcoming multi-media
Read more…Yog's Law (coined by fantasy & sci-fi writer James D. MacDonald) states "Money should flow toward the author."
I understand that members of this group wear (at least) two hats: writer and publisher.
One suggestion I have is for web marketing. The site
Read more…All right, here's where we start the ball rolling. If you have a webpage or blogsite outside of the BSFS we want your links. In return we want to give you links to Coalition Member pages. The best way to get more eyes on our work is to spread out acr
I've been 'turning and burning' on my upcoming projects and have stepped back some to allow other members of the SPC to spotlight their projects and drop info. I noticed things have gotten quiet so I'm going to try and 'rattle the tree' and see what
Read more…This is a Post put up by our illustrious Administrator. Due to it's importance, I placed it here in the Discussions section:
BASIC MARKETING PLAN
Marketing Plan Outline
I. Executive Summary
A high-level summary of the marketing plan.
II. The Ch
When it comes to self-publishing, the least expensive and the highest royalty percentage avenue for the content creator is Digital Publishing. Royalties for e-Published books or films often run from 50-80%. The biggest drawback for e-published conten
Read more…More than likely, before you published your book you made a 'Digital Manuscript' when you used a word processor (more power to those of you who do the work with a typewriter!) To publish these days, you have to submit a finished work in digital forma
Read more…Off the top, understand that ultimately you the self-publisher is getting ripped off. Now, there are legitimate things you'll have to pay for like word processing software and the like, a good proofreader / editor, a credible artist or art service if
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