Entries are now being accepted for the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards (the “Indie Book Awards”), the book awards program is open to independent publishers and authors worldwide who have a book written in English and released in 2011 or 2012 or with a 2011 or 2012 copyright date. Learn how to submit a book here.
Time magazine listed this writing style-guide, The Elements of Style, as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923. A sample of what’s in this book includes eight elementary rules of usage, forty-nine words and expressions commonly misused and fifty-seven words that are often misspelled. You can purchase this essential writing tool at Amazon.com.
If you’ve written your book don’t discount the value of international readers. With the high cost of shipping overseas frequently increase more and more readers are purchasing e-books of various formats. If your book is not in an e-book format you’re losing sales domestically and internationally.
The book conference of the year, BookExpo America, is being held June 4-7, 2012 at the Javits Center in New York City. Just about anyone who is anyone in publishing attends this event. If you want to join this crowd visit http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/
The benefits of being a published author are many but some of our favorites include the fact that a book will make you a subject matter expert, you take an active role in promoting your industry, you earn a level of respect not equipped by many of your peers, you attract more clients and build your business and you build your own sense of pride that cannot help but get give you confidence. If you need more convincing read “42 Rules For Driving Success With Books” by Mitchell Levy at http://42rules.com/book/42-rules-for-driving-success-with-books/
