Why Self-Publish?

If you're reading this it's safe to assume you fall into the following three categories:


1. You have an idea for a book, you want to write it but you believe getting published is a one in a million chance. 


2.You have a manuscript ready and waiting to be looked over by an agent - or even better, an editor of a huge publishing house.


3. You're neither of the above and have just stumbled onto this post.


If you're in positions 1 and 2 then this post is for you. Number 3? Read on by all means, but this probably won't have any great meaning to you.


You have already 'worked for yourself' by writing your manuscript - so why should you lose control at the publishing stage? Traditional publishing usually doesn't allow for lots of input from the writer, whereas with self-publishing you have the best of both Worlds: an editor, proofreader and even a full marketing team supporting you at every step but ultimately the decisions are still yours to make.


Whether self-published or published by a traditional publisher, you still have to push the sales of your book. You still have to believe it will sell and you still have to identify who you're telling the story too - in other words, treat your book as a business.


If you had a business, would you want to give complete control over to someone else and reap very little reward in return? This is effectively what happens with traditional publishers. If your goal is to see your book placed into the bookshelves of some of the top-selling book stores, that is still a goal North Highland Publishing can make happen.


Amazon.com is massive and they outsell on Kindle eBooks over hard cover books. And with over 22 million eBook sales as of June, 2010, it would be silly for any author not to have their book or eBook on Amazon.com. 


So, why self-publish? Because the World is changing. Traditional publishing is becoming outdated and a far cry from what it used to be. Authors want to have more control over their books and don't want to work to the limits placed on them by traditional publishers.


To find out about North Highland Publishing's top three Publishing Packages click here. 

Tuesday Book Club: Review Week.

Once again, Tuesday is here and this means that the Book Club has landed onto the blog once more. Read more about it here and here.

This months book is 'The Land Beyond the Green Fields' by Joan Campbell and can be purchased here. 

If you have read the book we would love to hear your thoughts, recommendations and reviews on the book. 

If you haven't read the book then sit back, relax and enjoy the following preview...

Thomas cannot live with his terrible secret.  As he heads away from all that he knows 

and all that he loves he has the word BETRAYAL engraved upon his every thought.

How could his mother do this to him?  His beliefs force him on to seek a land he is 

assured does not exist this side of death.  That decision sets in motion a series of events that allows evil to encompass what is left behind, allows those whom he loves to be cruelly tested.

His is a learning journey that brings love and hate, despair and joy in equal measure, 

mixed with adventures beyond his imagination, shared by a travelling companion 

whose loyalty is all that matters in this quest.  His troubled mother and his autocratic 

mentor wait at home with the news that will free him from all anxiety, if only he 

knew.

Will those who follow in his footsteps find him?  Will he make it back home to a 

heroes welcome, or spring the trap that is set to destroy him?  Read on and find 

out…

Tuesday Book Club: The Land Beyond the Green Fields.

On the first Tuesday of the month we will run a Book Club and here's what you can expect:

• One free sample chapter available to you with no obligation.
• A chance for you to join our exclusive Review Panel; sharing your thoughts and recommendations on the book of the month.
• A new book to read and review every month.

For this month's Book Club we are going to be reading and later on reviewing 'The Land Beyond the Green Fields' from author, Joan Campbell, who has recently been featured on North Highland Publishing.

For your free sample chapter click here.

To purchase click here now.

Have you ever wondered what cats are thinking? 

In the Land Beyond the Green Fields follow the story of life on a Highland croft through the eyes of the cats who inhabit the draughty croft. A grown up version of your favourite childhood story books Watership Down and Duncton Wood.

Gaddafi eBook Give Away.

FOREWORD BY JOHN SIMPSON CBE In 1972.

 Neville Atkinson left a career as a night fighter pilot in the Royal Navy to take up a position as personal pilot to The President of Libya, Col Gadaffi. During the next ten years his role was to fly The President, Government Ministers and many world dignitaries around the Middle East and Africa.


You can read more about the author, Neville Atkinson, HERE on Wikipedia.

A picture from 'Death on Small Wings': (Above) A Young Colonel Gaddafi

Death on Small Wings is now available for the first time ever as an eBook on our eBook store for £9.99 and to celebrate this, North Highland Publishing are giving away 5 free copies as an exclusive comeptition for our Facebook fans. 10 runners up will recieve discount vouchers for the eBook.

To be in for a chance of winning, 'like' our Facebook page HERE and then set your status as:  '@North Highland Publishing Gaddafi giveaway'

This is a time limited give away which ends once all the copies and discounts are taken or otherwise ends on 15th June 2011 1:00PM GMT.


GIVE AWAY NOW CLOSED.

How To: Download an eBook.

To download a book from our site, it is very simple. Follow these instructions;

Once you have purchased an eBook you should have been taken immediately to a download page where you could download your book(s).

If not, here is the link to download the book (you will need to either log-in or register at this point):

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Make sure you save the files (by following the instructions on the download page) to your hard drive in a place you can find them before you do anything else.

You should save the file to your "desktop" so you can find it easily and quickly once you have finished downloading.

Unless you change the name of the eBook file you downloaded, it is named (xxxxxx) -- this is important to know if you have a problem finding the file later.