It’s been a blast (and a whirlwind) trying to catch up with what the self-publishing world had to offer in my two-week baby-having absence. Our Google Reader is overflowing with great posts, and you know what that means: time for another edition of As the Self-Pub World Turns! Remember: if you read something you enjoy, be sure to leave a comment for the author — we live for those things!
- Wise, Ink offers up 11 Powerful Networking Groups for Authors. I know, we authorly types tend to gravitate toward solitude, but we really encourage you to give these a try. Your fellow authors can be powerful allies in the self-publishing game!
- Catherine from Catherine, Caffeinated dives into the amusing world of Amazon customer reviews which, as she says, have been bringing the HUH? since 1995!
- Jeff from The Writing Bomb has put together an awesome list of reasons that Indie Publishing is All That (and a bag of chips). We added the “bag of chips” part.
- Are you responsible for what your characters say? Guest blogger Mike Duran examines this issue over at Rachelle Gardener’s blog.
- A year after he made the decision, David Gaughran discusses whether self-publishing was the right move for him.
Now, it’s your turn! I know you guys have also come across some awesome posts/resources in the past couple of weeks — won’t you please share with your fellow authors (and this n00b mom)? Take a few moments to leave the link in the comments so we can all have some lovely weekend reading!