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Originally Posted by theducks
Art department (face it, many self pub covers are almost as bad as the 40's pulp days. A few are very good.) Page layout.
Marketing (The Spin Mill  ) and delivery (digital format distribution servers) |
The spin mill isn't marketing, it is promotion.
Marketing is proactive; promotion is reactive.
Makes a difference.
http://451words.tumblr.com/post/8919...ney-never-wins
And covers?
Heh.
Yeah, right.
http://readingthepast.com/gallery/reusable-covers.htm
(Did you hear about the bestselling romance novelist saddled with a cover featuring a woman with three arms? That wasn't even representative of the book?)
http://www.thepassivevoice.com/07/20...k-cover-twins/
Cloned covers is a recurring joke.
Every year we see a new cover fad added to the tried and true repeaters:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertain...-alike/259884/
As for digital distribution? KDP, KOBO, SMASHWORDS, DIRECT2DIGITAL, XIN XII, and a dozen more...
(Xin xii is particularly relevant here because they actively target the smaller ebook markets:
http://www.xinxii.com/)
Oh, and print distribution? Ingram Spark, Lightning Source, Baker&Taylor.