Cracking The Indie Egg : A Recipe For Publishing Your Own Book

by Patrick E. Craig

Frustrated because you can't get published? There has been a radical shift in the publishing industry in the last several years. Because of hiccups in the economy resulting in declines in book sales, the advance of technology and the demise of many brick-front book stores, it has become more difficult than ever to get published in the traditional way. Traditional publishers simply do not have the sales they once had, so the barriers to getting a contract to publish your book have been set so high that an unknown author has little hope of getting a book deal. These days, unless you have a well-known agent or a large platform and an existing fan base, publishing houses usually will not accept your manuscript. But you already knew that, didn't you? So, what can you do? Read this book to find out.

154 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 16, 2017

About the author

Patrick E. Craig is an award-winning author with twenty-two published books. He has won six Chanticleer International Book Awards, a Selah Award, and a Word Guild of Canada Award. His work includes three Amish murder mysteries, six Amish novels, three World War II historical novels with a short story sequel, two anthologies of Amish stories, a standalone novel, a memoir, two western novels, and two YA paranormal books.

In 2013 Harvest House published the first of his Apple Creak Dreams series, A Quilt For Jenna, followed by The Road Home and Jenny's Choice. All three books have been on bestseller lists in Amish and Mennonite Fiction on Amazon since then. In 2015 he self-published The Paradise Chronicles series which included The Amish Heiress, The Amish Princess and The Mennonite Queen.

In 2020 he began the Award-winning Islands series with co-author Murray Pura. The series included Far On The Ringing Plains, The Scepter and The Isle, and Men Who Strove With Gods, all CIBA award winners.

Now he is publishing his Amish mystery series, The Porch Swing Mysteries which includes The Quilt That Knew, The Boy in Blue Denim and the newly released 3 X 3.

He lives in Idaho with his wife Judy.