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Our blog features behind the scenes interviews with authors, latest news on the indy author scene and updates of latest releases from the Book Reality Experience and our parent company, Leschenault Press.
Common Questions
The most common questions The Book Reality Experience gets asked about Independent Publishing and how we help you to self-publish your book: Do you accept all manuscripts sent to you? No. We do assess all manuscripts (free-of-charge) that are sent in and if we...
To Ask or Not to Ask?- That is a question…
Hi All, Here's the thing, yep, this is going to be a long post, settle in, I NEED you to. I have a dilemma. It's one I share with a lot of Indy Authors. It's a need to ask, request, impose on you, without ever wanting to ask, request or even hint of an imposition. A...
Publishing-on-Demand – A How-To Guide – 2
So you want to publish a book... Not any book... Your Book? Welcome to Ian Andrew's Guide to Professional Independent Publishing on Demand. Part Two No. 2 - Which companies to use... An E-book explanation. I suppose a simple declaration at the start would be good......
Professional Independent Publishing-on-Demand – A How-To Guide
So you want to publish a book... Not any book... Your Book? Welcome to A Guide to Professional Independent Publishing on Demand. No. 1 - An introduction to what I mean by Professional Independent Publishing on Demand (PI POD). PI POD PI POD is, in my mind at least,...
The Face – A little question for the Indy authors out there…
Distribution, it turns out, is the key to success as an author. Now, that's not to say the ability to write should be underestimated, or a good cover for the book, or decent levels of editing, or a good price-point. All of these are important, but none more so than...
Libraries in Linen
In 1788 the First Fleet sailed into Botany Bay and later Sydney Cove under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip - Meanwhile in Belfast, a Library was opening. The establishing of New South Wales and the founding of modern Australia had begun. The news did little to...
Publish On Demand
Two years ago in June 2013 I was getting to the end of the first draft of what would become 'A Time To Every Purpose'. Albeit it was called "Turners" then and was in need of a bit of a polish. Nevertheless, I began to turn my mind to once it was finished, how would I...
Cover Stories
It's been a while since I posted on here but I've been busy finishing off the new book, "Face Value". Due out in mid-May the final edits are almost complete and the big, big news is the cover has been picked. Finally! I'm going to guess some are going to love the...
Do what you like… 6 lessons I learnt about small business from the experience of writing a book.
In 2014 I independently published my first book through Amazon’s Createspace and KDP. The process taught me a lot about writing, publishing, marketing and mainly myself. Recently, I was asked to address a local business group about the process of "being a writer" but...
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