Publishing Your Book On Your Own
by Owen Jones
Non Fiction – General
Reviewed by Ioana Marza for Readers’ Favorite
Owen Jones has written and self-published more than 110 books, hence his guide Authorship: Publishing Your Book on Your Own covers a tried and tested path for writers to get their books from the manuscript stage to the final product, published, and distributed by the major names in the market.
There are also some useful tips for authors on how to stay focused on the book in progress, how to deal with self doubt, as well as managing expectations around how long it takes to write a book (I thought that would be impossible to quantify), what is the typical set-up of a publishing house, and what are the pros and cons of self-publishing against the traditional route of finding a publisher. However, most of Authorship is what the name says – a step by step guide on how to do everything from editing, formatting, what electronic tools to use and how to use them, to what are the pitfalls of choosing each format or distributor, to how to make your cover and even how to price your book.
In parts the information is so detailed that it sounds like a software book of instruction but written by the lay user, hence accessible to everybody. While this is useful for any writer who wants all the information in one place, it is also susceptible to becoming obsolete once modern technology moves on. Though I haven’t had the chance to test if it works yet, it was an eye opener on the massive challenge ahead of any author who wants to self-publish. Writing a book is the easiest part; publishing and doing all one can to market it is time consuming, requires a lot of ingenuity and all in all is a monumental task. This book should go a long way in helping you try.
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Owen Jones, Amazon Best-Selling Author from Barry, Wales, has lived in several countries and travelled in many more. While studying Russian in the USSR in the '70's, he hobnobbed with spies on a regular basis; in Suriname, he got caught up in the 1982 coup; and while a company director, he joined the crew of four as the galley slave to sail from Barry to Gibraltar a home-made concrete yacht, which was almost rammed by a Russian oil tanker and an American aircraft carrier.
“I am a Celt, and we are romantic”, he said when asked about his writing style, “and I firmly believe in reincarnation, Karma and Fate, so, sayings like 'Do unto another...', and 'What goes round comes around' are central to my life and reflected in my work. I write about what I see, or think I see, or dream... and, in the end it is all the same really”. He speaks seven languages and is learning Thai, since he lives in Thailand with his Thai wife of fifteen years.
His first novel, Daddy's Hobby is from the seven-part series 'Behind The Smile: The Story of Lek, a Bar Girl in Pattaya', but his largest collection is 'The Megan Series', twenty-three novelettes on the psychic development of a teenage girl, the subtitle of which, 'A Spirit Guide, A Ghost Tiger and One Scary Mother!' sums them up nicely. He has written fifty novels and novelettes, including: Dead Centre; Andropov's Cuckoo; Fate Twister; The Disallowed (a philosophical comedy); Tiger Lily of Bangkok; and A Night in Annwn (Annwn being the ancient Welsh word for Heaven). Many have been translated into foreign languages and narrated into audio books.
Owen Jones writes stories set in Wales, Spain and Thailand, where he now lives. He is a life-long Spiritualist, and this belief is interwoven, in a very realistic way, into many of his books and storylines. If you like a touch of the 'supernatural', try his books
He sums his life up thus: “Born in the Land of Song, Living in the Land of Smiles”.
Authorship: Authorship and Self-Publishing
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