by editor | Feb 16, 2020 | Book Publishing
You’re confident your collection of short stories is going to be a bestseller. It’s going to be the next literary sensation. Now, all you have to do is get it published. Should you hire a literary agent? Do you even know how to get a literary agent? Should you...
by Susan Burrowes | Jul 10, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, News + Features, Resources for Writers, Writer to Writer
I wrote my book quickly, taking months rather than years. I wrote it with the urgency of emotion, grateful that my addicted daughter was still alive and still willing to be part of our family after being sent to a brutal wilderness experience, a locked-down treatment...
by Joanna Charnas | May 30, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Guest Contributors, Writer to Writer
Getting a first book published at age fifty-five could make a person so happy, she’d do her Snoopy dance all the time and in inappropriate places: on line in the grocery store, while cleaning the litter box, and even a few paces in front of her house of worship. I...
by editor | Mar 15, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Resources for Writers
By Karma Bennett Most people who use Facebook use the News Feed to explore the site. But, by default, those posts are not chronological; the algorithm decides what users should see. That’s why your Facebook News Feed nowadays says “Most Popular,” rather than...
by editor | Mar 8, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Resources for Writers
By Bethany Brown Once you have finalized your editing, design, and production, it’s time to set the price for your book. This part of the publishing process can be both challenging and overwhelming. It’s also a part of the process where authors and publishers...
by editor | Feb 9, 2018 | Articles, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Resources for Writers
By Maryglenn McCombs If there is one downside to working with a publicist, it’s easily this: cost. Book promotion can be time-consuming, and there is value in a publicist’s time and expertise. If you don’t have the budget to hire a publicist and decide to do...