Birds of a Feather Press
I'm Jay Artale and I launched Birds of a Feather Press in 2016. It's an indie author resource site for nonfiction authors.
When I published my first book back in 2013 I struggled with every aspect of the self-publishing process. I didn't know where to start, and I was worried about making a publishing mistake that I'd live to regret.
I started my author journey writing travel guides, and now I write How-To books to encourage and inspire writers with an independent spirit to write and publish their own books.
Self-publishing has changed dramatically since I published my first book, and the publishing and distribution choices at your fingertips are varied and easy to access. But that choice can also be overwhelming.
The intent of this website is to help guide you in the right direction, and give you the confidence to take your manuscript and become a self-published author.
You can read more about my indie author journey, self-publishing experience and author affiliations by visiting my Jay Artale About Page, and the Media and Press Page.
Can you give me more information about ebook formatting? I was planning on creating an ebook using word. Now I’m concerned that I will have problems with the layout displaying correctly ….. can you help? thank you for your help, Sally
Hello Sally … yes happy to help with all of your formatting questions, I’ll follow up via email. HTML is the optimal approach for formatting your ebook, because there are so many different devices your book can be read on and the best method for creating your digital file is to base it on error-free html. thanks, Jay
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Interested in being part of your collective … I’m a travel writer, and have been thinking about writing a hybrid guide book and travel narrative. Would this be of interest?
Hi Adam … thanks for your interest. Yes a hybrid guide would fit in with the niche I’m building, but would have to read it to know if it’s a fit. I saw you requested a Collective invite .. so with follow up with you directly. Thanks, Jay
I’m a travel blogger and found you via your personal blog and your list of 100+ travel blogs accepting guest posts article. I’d like to turn my blog into an ebook .. please can you contact me so that I can find out more about how you can help me get published?
Hello Faith .. yes that blog page brings me loads of traffic, so glad it captured your attention too. I followed the same path as you, and turned my Travel Blog into a Book … it’s quite a lot of work .. but well worth it. You might be interested in a new series of books I’m writing. It’s a 4-part series called “How to Write a Travel Guide” … I’m emailing you now about what publishing help you need. Thanks, Jay
Hi Jay,
Please share with me what publishing help I need to. Im in the same boat as Faith. I want to turn my travel blog into an ebook too.
Thanks!
Hi Carla .. I sent you an email – happy to offer whatever help or guidance you need on this journey … let me know where you are in the process, and what you’re struggling with. Looking forward to working with you. Thanks, Jay
Jay Artale recently posted…Free Travel Writing Prompt Workbooks
Hey Nice To See Your Blog Thank You For Great Info.
We are Interested such as you. I’m a traveller and have been considering about writing a mixed guide book and travel narrative. Would this be of interest
Please advice whether you offer author assistant services.
Kind wishes;
Hélene
Hello Hélene – it depends what type of assistance you’re looking for .. please email me at jayartale @ gmail
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I love your website … thanks for sharing amazing content about selfpublishing.
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I hope I’m leaving this in the right place. I couldn’t find a place to comment on the travel writing competition page. The 7th annual I Must Be Off! Travel Writing Competition is now open for entries until Dec 31, 2019.
https://www.imustbeoff.com/the-seventh-annual-i-must-be-off-travel-writing-competition/
All the best,
Christopher Allen
I’ve added your competition to the our Travel Writing Competition Page, and included it in the November Travel Writing Roundup article. Thanks for letting me know about it.
Dear Jay,
How much do you charge to format a poetry book to be placed on Amazon as an E-book? I am also considering Liberwriter to do my formatting. Would you recommend them? Having written somewhere around 1,500 poems during the past seventeen years as a retired psychologist, I will likely be publishing twelve books of poetry, each with somewhere around seventy or so poems per book. You might keep that in mind quoting the cost of formatting the books.
Thank you, and I will be looking for to hearing from you.
Doug Soderstrom
Wharton, Texas
Hi there!
We love your work and your blog, and would love to work with you.
I am contacting from Bookitlist which is a new travel website that works with guest bloggers to feature their stories and travels. We also act as a traffic source for their own blogs.
We have a new app that we are releasing in August which enables you to make your Bookitlist, follow other travel enthusiasts, and also enable people to book things off your own personal Bookitlist.
We are reaching out as we would like to pay you for a guest blog post on our website. We would then feature your guest post on our socials, and on the guest blog section of our website, and discuss how we can also work with you in the future on similar projects.
If you would like to discuss this further please contact us and we can work with you!
Thanks
Elliott
Bookitlist
Hello
i need this site for guest posting .
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