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Long overdue
I haven't updated this in so long and I'm sorry. I now have book two done as you can see on the site, and have started book three. ...
brianbowers1971
Apr 16, 20241 min read
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Self Publishing Book Two
“It’s been way too long since I’ve written here, has it really been a year? My bad, and shame on me! So much has happened with life...
brianbowers1971
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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A Little Feedback about promoting your book
My book is out and it's in book stores because of what I said in my last post, but, also because of my own initiative. I went into a...
brianbowers1971
Feb 21, 20221 min read
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Feedback on my publishing choice - the facts are in!
Well, you may all remember in an older post over a year ago, I talked about my publishing choice of going with a hybrid model and using...
brianbowers1971
Feb 21, 20221 min read
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NEW BOOK SIGNINGS!!
Hey everyone! Soooo excited about my first and second book signings. March 12th, 2021 at Indigo Books in the Oshawa Centre at 11:00am....
brianbowers1971
Feb 21, 20221 min read
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CATCH ME IN THE PAPER!
On February 7th, 2021, I was blessed with being in the local newspaper - Oshawa This Week, and it's parent, The Toronto Star. Check it...
brianbowers1971
Feb 21, 20221 min read
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BOOK IS PUBLISHED
Well I am sure behind on writing this, but my book was officially published and available on the internet as of January 4th! Super...
brianbowers1971
Jan 15, 20221 min read
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Publication Date Finally Here!
Today I received the publication date from AM! January 4th, 2022 my first novel will be available for purchase! I'm beyond excited and...
brianbowers1971
Dec 6, 20211 min read
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Final edit and release date
Just this week I received my final edit review from AM, and read through my entire book in just over one day! Was very excited to get it...
brianbowers1971
Nov 12, 20211 min read
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First editing has been done
I'm terrible and I apologize to anyone trying to follow these in order. I should've added this one a few weeks ago but I didn't. ...
brianbowers1971
Sep 7, 20211 min read
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New Website!
Hello all. Well I had good intentions of designing the website myself over the last year, I heard it was easy with Wix. Well it wasn't...
brianbowers1971
Sep 7, 20211 min read
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Final version of book cover
Here is the final version of my cover. With my direction on design, and their artists, it looks great!
brianbowers1971
Sep 4, 20211 min read
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Final book cover!
Well it looks like it's finally complete. Here is the latest version, with front and back and spine but the back still has to be...
brianbowers1971
Jul 19, 20211 min read
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Book Cover has arrived!
Well after months of silence I finally heard from my publisher with the cover art design being completed. Here it is below. It's not...
brianbowers1971
May 21, 20211 min read
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Another Publishing Offer!
Hello again everyone. Yesterday I received my third publishing offer. This one was from Pegasus Publishers and is very similar in format...
brianbowers1971
Nov 17, 20201 min read
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Setting up my site
I probably should've started with this post, but hey, I'm new to this so likely to make mistakes as i go. Hopefully you like visiting my...
brianbowers1971
Oct 22, 20201 min read
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Argh! Blogging is not easy!
So I'm using WIX to create and manage my blog and website. I've never done this before and I'm not a very technically savvy person so...
brianbowers1971
Oct 22, 20201 min read
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Next step - payment and submission
I'm impressed that AM will allow for payment plans. I paid them $1000 U.S. yesterday and can pay in installments as I can afford it....
brianbowers1971
Oct 18, 20201 min read
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The controversial publishing process with a hybrid publisher
Hello out there. I'm a new author who just signed a publishing contract with Austin Macauley publishers. I've decided to document my...
brianbowers1971
Oct 3, 20202 min read
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