{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66a1cb3d5658a7e31d821387/66f1d031df5b4a5829d62daf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"8. How To Self-Publish 1","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66a1cb3d5658a7e31d821387/1727124541694-6aca8829-7bbc-4936-9b84-e1a8482e06bc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><br></p><p>These are exciting times for self-publishers which has really come in from the cold.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>People have always self-published, Beatrix Potter and the Bronte sisters did versions of it</li><li>In the digital world&nbsp;you can create demand and fulfill it entirely online.&nbsp;</li><li>Print on demand (POD) explained.</li><li>Ebooks, still dominated by Amazon and Kindle, are devoured by readers, especially romance and crime genres.</li><li>Now is the time for self publishing to have its moment. The advantages for readers as well as author.</li><li>The democratisation of the publishing process. Publishers and bookshops are a closed world to the non-traditionally published. They are the gatekeepers, but self publishing changes all that.</li><li>Example:&nbsp;Lisa Genova’s <em>Still Alice</em> was originally self published.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Read more on the show notes over on The Publisher &amp; The Writer podcast: https://thepublisherandthewriter.com/how-to-self-publish-1</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><h2><strong>Buy <em>Going Under</em></strong></h2><p><strong>In Australia</strong>: Going Under is available in bookshops and online stores in Australia and on Amazon here: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com.au/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amazon.com.au/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/</a></p><p><strong>In the USA</strong>: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amazon.com/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/</a></p><p><strong>In the UK</strong>: <a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/</a></p><p><strong>Going Under Audiobook: </strong> <a href=\"https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Going-Under-Audiobook/B0D84FQVT5?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Going Under on Audible, narrated by Seana Smith, click here.</a></p><p><strong>Going Under on Spotify</strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/6tArwjAFWgjxkW63jlHq6W\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to Going Under on Spotify here.</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Jane Curry Links</strong></p><ul><li>Jane Curry Advisory:<a href=\"http://www.janecurryadvisory.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> www.janecurryadvisory.com</a></li><li>Ventura Press: <a href=\"http://www.venturapress.com.au/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.venturapress.com.au</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/venturapress__\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.instagram.com/venturapress__</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/janecurry1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.instagram.com/janecurry1</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Seana Smith Links</strong></p><ul><li>Seana Smith website:<a href=\"http://www.seanasmith.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> www.seanasmith.com</a></li><li>Sober Journeys website:<a href=\"http://wwwsoberjourneys.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> wwwsoberjourneys.com</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/seanasmith\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.instagram.com/seanasmith</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/?sober_journeys\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.instagram.com/sober_journeys</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatdidyoureadtoday/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatdidyoureadtoday/</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):</p><p><a href=\"https://uppbeat.io/t/swoop/blue-sea\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://uppbeat.io/t/swoop/blue-sea</a></p><p>License code: JIDFICQZAHSVHXUS</p>","author_name":"Seana Smith & Jane Curry"}