BookLife Prize Winner Looks to Help Indie Authors: The Value of Free Content

[The BookLife Report: Self-publishing news, tips and trends for authors and readers.] [Indie Book Awards. Call for Entries - Next Generation Indie Book Awards!]( The Report [BookLife Prize Winner Looks to Help Indie Authors]( After embracing self-publishing, Ian Andrew, the winner of the 2017 BookLife Prize, sets his sights on assisting other independent authors. [more » »]( [The Value of Free Conent]( Jane Friedman takes a look at why authors should embrace free content and stop complaining that writing is being devalued. [more » »]( [The Hidden Stigma of POD]( How print-on-demand publishing subtly marginalizes self-published authors. [more » »]( [Book Deals: Week of January 22, 2018]( This weekly column helps indie authors keep abreast of the latest book deals and industry trends. In this edition, musician Steve Gorman—a founding member of the band the Black Crowes—sold his biography Hard to Handle to Da Capo. [more » »]( [PW KidsCast: A Conversation with Roshani Chokshi]( Featured Reviews [Gregory the Spider: Romping Through the Year]( Cynthia Dreeman Meyer, illus. by Marina Saumell. BookBaby, $20.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-692-93954-3 Meyer brings back the spider and mouse family previously seen in Merry Stirring Mice: Santa’s Secret Team in a tour of the seasons set to the tune of “The Itsy Bitsy Spider.” [more » »]( [Horn Bückel]( Peter Imsdahl. Apple Box, $12.99 trade paper (229p) ISBN 978-1-535-11552-0 This tale of one town, its citizens, and an American visitor is delivered in a witty voice that accentuates Imsdahl’s burgeoning talent. [more » »]( The Best of BookLife [The Indie Author's Guide to Customer Reviews]( How indie authors can turn that discouraging “no customer reviews yet” message into a smattering of star ratings and commentary. [more » »]( [How to Self-Publish an Audiobook]( So you want to produce an audio edition of your self-published book? Here's what you need to know. 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[more » »]( [IndieReader: 'Forever My Girl' Tops IndieReader Bestseller List]( A look at the self-published books hitting IndieReader's weekly bestseller list. [more » »]( PW SELECT The following are this week's books from PW Select, Publishers Weekly's marketing program for indie authors. To sign up your book for PW Select, [click here](. [The Immundus]( by Christina Enquist [Terralepus]( by Kathleen M. Hamilton [The Old World Dies]( by Kyle Jarrard [The Nun and the Bum]( by Adele Rucquoi [Becoming the Dragon]( by Alex Sapegin [The Late Life Bloom of Rose Rabinowitz]( by Ronald w. Pies [50 Years Later Why the Murder of Dr. King Still Hurts]( by Earl Ofari Hutchinson [The Ownership Cycle]( by Soh Jian Yi [Jesus and Muhammad: Their Messages, Side-by-Side]( by Louis St Michael [A Colonial Williamsburg Love Affair: Tales, Takes, and Tips From a Lifetime of Visits]( by Debra Bailey [The Second Death]( by Scott Devon [Uncharted: A Survival Love Story]( by Julie Johnson [Optimizing America]( by Jarl Jensen [Life in the Eyes of Thatha]( by Dr. Radha Krishna Rao Yarlagadda [Cascading Petals]( by Jane C Brady [Lily Pond]( by Shelley Daniels Lekven [Better Days Ahead: Step Into the Abundant Life God Promised You]( by Andreas Jones [Zappity Zip, Just That Quick!]( by Judi Schleppenbach [To the Fire of Normandy and Beyond]( by Frank Kozol [A Murder of Saints]( by Chris Miller [Descending Mount Sinai]( by Ken Kinton [Breakfast with Butch]( by Scott F. Deem [Seizing the Essence]( by Hamilton Priday [I Want to Be a Teacher]( by Cathine G. Scott, Ph.D. [Captain Ronald Campbell of Bombala Station, Cambalong]( by Ivor George Williams [Mo and Jo in London]( by Claire Brady [With Gratitude]( by Robert B. Brack [Politically Homeless]( by Mary Terzian [Lord Computesalot, Ruler of Aurora Bullyalis, and His Secret Quest to End Bullying]( by Regina Davis and Carolyn Royer Spencer [Grievous Bodily Harm: A Toni Day Mystery]( by Jane Bennett Munro [The Cloud]( by Jack A. Hancock [Life Lessons from the Hive]( by M. J. Miller [Brides and Customs Around the World]( by Amar Pardesi [First Aid on the Farm]( by Alfred Lee Anduze [Glamorous: A Grace Bishop Novel (Grace Bishop Novels)]( by Denise Bossarte [Renew My Heart, O God: Daily Devotons for Healing Your Heart]( by Jeffery J Horacek, O.D. [Click here]( to see all the recent titles enrolled in PW Select, or [click here]( to sign up your book for the program. E-mail not displaying correctly? 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