Ebook Project: Handmade Memories (Part I)
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There’s a rumor going around that you can get rich by self-publishing ebooks, so I decided to finally throw my hat in the ring and follow my own advice, putting together a manuscript of favorite poems and essays, and as much as possible, going the DIY route.
Inspired more by friends like Chuck Wendig, Will Hindmarch and Jane Friedman than Joe Konrath, et al, and emboldened by everything I learned from working with Joshua Tallent while running Digital Book World, my goal for the project was two-fold: do enough of it myself to have hands-on experience of what it takes, what’s “easy” and what isn’t; and to get the monkey of finally publishing this particular book off my back!
And thus, Handmade Memories was born!
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