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“AskAlli has a valuable Advice podcast and transcript for “self-publishing
advice,”
The speakers are Oma Ross and Michael LaRonn.
They talk about author websites, and their embedded
blogs, which they say are more obviously appropriate for non-fiction and for
fiction, where you might have little to say about the novel itself
regularly. They like Wordpress, and they
are not decisive about whether you should use a package.
They talk about liability insurance, which they say
would be unusual for fiction (but conceivable if you based the novel and real
people and didn’t obscure things).
Generally, you won’t be able to get media perils very easily anyway, and
it isn’t clear that it would cover much (whether regular torts like libel, or
even copyright or trademark infringement, a troubling possibility from trolls,
like with the CASE Act (copyright). Yet large media companies have the
insurance, and it is arguable (as was suggested in 2008 before the financial
crisis) to propose requiring it for authors (who usually do have to indemnify
their publishers, but this is self-publishing).
They also warn that you could have to be concerned about safety
liability if you hold events after the pandemic winds down.
They also talk about business organization, including proprietorship
and LLC. You may have to watch zoning
laws in your locality or bylaws if you are in a condo or HOA.
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