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Begging for Permission vs. Making Things Happen

Published on January 6, 2012 By Tim

Here’s the kind of success story most people will tell you can’t happen. “I launched my self-published book in the first week of September this year. In just over two months, I’ve landed some big publishing deals and a movie deal.” Yes, that self-published travel/love story from Torre DeRoche, now to be known as Love [...]

Screw the Gatekeepers

Published on December 5, 2010 By Tim

I grabbed this screenshot from the Amazon Kindle store last week when looking at the top-100 bestselling travel reference books. First of all, thanks to everyone who has ever bought a Kindle copy of The World’s Cheapest Destinations! (Or for that matter, a paper one or PDF one or iBookstore one). For writers, there’s a [...]