by Laura Lowell
on October 15, 2013
in Authors, Publishing
A client forwarded this article to us today. You’ll love “7 Things Authors Can Do While Waiting for A Book to Be Published” by Shelley Hitz on The Future of Ink Blog. Shelley gives us seven things to do while our book is awaiting publishing. For self published authors you can work on these items while you’re writing the book or better yet hire a Virtual Assistant to do this grunt work for you. To read the full article click the link in the title above!
by Laura Lowell
on October 8, 2013
in Authors, Marketing, Marketing And Sales Strategy, Publishing, Writing
The Writer’s Block: Living a Writer’s Life blog has a mini Q&A with author Wendy Call from the upcoming book “Everyday Book Marketing“. Wendy discusses her book, book promotion and gives advice for new writers. Our favorite quote is “This is no time to be shy. Nor humble. Put yourself out there; push yourself a bit past your comfort zone.” All writers should heed this advice and learn to become their own best supporter. You can read the Q&A here.
by Laura Lowell
on May 16, 2013
in Punctuation, Self Publishing, Sell Books
Author Deborah Plummer has been published in the traditional, old fashioned way and she has self published a book. In “10 Things I Wish I Knew About Being an Author That I Learned the Hard Way” she shares insights learned from going through the publishing process in two totally different ways. To learn what she has read the entire article here.
by Laura Lowell
on March 28, 2013
in Publishing
Digiday has a great article covering interviews with publishers. They asked each publisher what they would do if they got a “do over”. It’s interesting to see that most of them say they would have paid more attention to and invested in digital technology. Not surprising given that hindsight is 20/20. You can read the entire article at Digiday.
by Laura Lowell
on January 28, 2013
in Book, E-Books, Publishing
So many publishers were worried about the e-book revolution and piracy concerns that they couldn’t see the forest for the trees. Now that the dust has somewhat settled publishers have learned that e-books have opened doors for them that they previously thought closed. Zoe Chace writes on NPR that publishers are now using e-books to get new readers and other benefits. We don’t want to say “We told you so” but… Read the entire article here.
by Laura Lowell
on January 22, 2013
in Book, Kindle, Publishing
Marcia Yudkin has written another good article about book promotion. Although she is talking about promoting Kindle books her advice can work for print books as well. You can read the entire article on the Warrior Forum.
by Laura Lowell
on January 17, 2013
in Book, Marketing, Marketing And Sales Strategy
Amanda Hocking is a fiction writer who had her books rejected dozens of times before she went into self publishing. She is a bestselling author now and has chronicled her story in this blog post. Whether you want to write a book or if you are already published this is a story you don’t want to miss.
by Laura Lowell
on December 13, 2012
in Book, Book Publishing, Publishing
The Book Deal blog has a great post about how to time your book’s launch. Apparently agents and publishers love books that can be tied into annual events and anniversaries. It doesn’t take a genius to guess that Christmas is a huge book publishing tie in but there are other lesser known events that writer’s need to know about. Read the post and make note of the bonus “Tie-ins by the month” at the end. Do you have an idea for a book that ties in with an annual event? Use the comment function and let us know!
by Laura Lowell
on December 11, 2012
in Amazon.com, Book, Publishing
They both wish to redefine the publishing industry according to David Streitfeld. Streitfeld writes about the collaboration between Amazon.com and Tim Ferris in the New York Times Bit column. Amazon.com is the publisher of the latest Ferris 4 Hour books “The 4-Hour Chef”. According to the article bookstores aren’t carrying the book because they don’t want to help Amazon.com continue to conquer the world. Read the article and tell us what you think!
by Laura Lowell
on November 2, 2012
in Publishing
Publishing giants Pearson and Bertelsmann have announced they are creating a joint venture to pool their respective consumer publishing businesses, Penguin and Random House, in a bid to go the distance in the digital age. Penguin and Random House will combine to form a JV named Penguin Random House. They obviously intend to go head to head with Amazon.com Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook. Do these two companies have anything to worry about? Let us know what you think!