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Old 04-06-2012, 06:25 AM   #49
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Originally Posted by M T McGuire View Post
I use a professional editor on all my books, I use beta readers for feedback before they are published, the covers are professionally designed... I write press releases about them and send them out, I ring/write to book shops in the hope of getting wider dead tree distribution. In short I do everything a publisher would do although I have a very small budget. I think that might mean I'm not 'pukka' indie. I'm probably a publisher but thus far, I only publish my own books.
Sounds to me as though you're the epitome of "the right way to do it". You're doing everything right. Alas there are too few authors like yourself; most seem to believe that they don't need the services of professionals when it comes to things like editing, cover design, etc. And it shows.
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