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DIY

DO IT YOURSELF WEEK: Day One – Starting Your Own Press/Crowdfunding

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Welcome to the second annual DIY week at QSF. We’ve got a great line-up of topics for the week, some of which are moderated – but in general, we’ll just share information about how to start and manage a small press: Tuesday: Jordan L. Hawk – Starting Your Own Press/Crowdfunding Wednesday: Nicola Markus – Editing and Production; ISBNs; eBooks or Paper? Thursday: Alicia Nordwell – Getting Your Books Out There; Amazon; Other Venues Friday: Loren Rhoads – Promoting Your Work Saturday: Hannah Walker – Mistakes to Avoid, Mistakes to Make, Keeping Up Your Morale; Sunday: Dawn Chapman – Taxes and … Read more

DO IT YOURSELF WEEK: Day Six – The Nitty Gritty Stuff: Taxes and Royalties

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Welcome to the first annual DIY week at QSF. We’ve got a great line-up of topics for the week, some of which are moderated – but in general, we’ll just share information about how to start and manage a small press: Sunday: The Nitty Gritty Stuff: Taxes and Royalties So you started your press. You edited and produced your books and got them out into the marketplace. And you promoted them. You made some mistakes. Now how do you deal with the financial stuff, especially taxes and (if you publish other authors) royalties? So if you publish your own books, … Read more

DO IT YOURSELF WEEK: Day Five – Mistakes to Avoid, Mistakes to Make: Keeping Up Your Morale

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Welcome to the first annual DIY week at QSF. We’ve got a great line-up of topics for the week, some of which are moderated – but in general, we’ll just share information about how to start and manage a small press: Saturday: Mistakes to Avoid, Mistakes to Make, Keeping Up Your Morale; Sunday: Taxes and Royalties Also, we have a special event – an interview with Matt Buscemi, owner of Fuzzy Hedgehog Press, at 1 PM Pacific today. Matt will talk about the trials, tribulations and rewards of running your own press. So you started your press. You edited and … Read more

DO IT YOURSELF WEEK: Day Four – Promoting Your Work

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Welcome to the first annual DIY week at QSF. We’ve got a great line-up of topics for the week, some of which are moderated – but in general, we’ll just share information about how to start and manage a small press: Friday: Promoting Your Work Saturday: Mistakes to Avoid, Mistakes to Make, Keeping Up Your Morale; Sunday: Taxes and Royalties Also, we have a special event – an interview with Matt Buscemi, owner of Fuzzy Hedgehog Press, at 1 PM Pacific. Matt will talk about the trials, tribulations and rewards of running your own press. So you started your press. … Read more