But, as a self-published author, you may have a budget to consider, so we will look at the range of cover design choices and prices. The prices can start from $500 and reach up to $2,500. We have already passed benchmarks that I assumed would take decades to reach. When I recovered, my agent and I decided to take the book out to new publishers in 2013 and to include Amazon’s new Lake Union imprint in the mix. I’m now about to publish my third book with Lake Union, Fractured, which comes out October 4th. Lake Union has changed a lot since I signed with them three years ago, as has Amazon Publishing. In 2012, right before my third novel, Forgotten was released, my agent let me know that my US publisher, William Morrow, would not be picking up my fourth novel, Hidden. If you’re distributing your book through PublishDrive, then you should know about what Google Play Books recent changes.

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