Book Promotion/Platforms

How to Get Virtual Interviews

Even for Those Previously Out-of-Reach Shows! by Melissa Dalton Martinez I work in the media (mostly TV) and have some inside information for all you lovely authors out there. Now is an excellent time for you to get on TV, both within your home market and across the...

Nonfiction Cover Design—Must Knows & Nots

by Brian Halley with Mike Nash Book-cover design is about getting the reader’s attention (hooking them) and then reeling them in with promises about what transformative and/or emotionally and intellectually exciting experiences they’ll get from the book. If it’s...

Choosing Your Fiction Title

by Marla Buttars Coming up with a title can make even veteran authors groan in agony. Don’t believe us? Check out some of these original titles we found in an article from The Huffington Post: All’s Well That Ends Well  sends a much different message than War and...
Book Cover Marketing

Book Cover Marketing

Seven Ways to Ensure Your Cover Is Worthy of Your Story by Sabine Berlin You’ve been taught your whole life: Don’t judge a book by its cover. It’s great advice. Who knows what friendships you might have missed out on, what new things you might not have tried if this...

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Traditional or Self-Publishing?

Traditional or Self-Publishing?

It All Depends on You! by Kate Willoughby and Angela Eschler You just wrote “The End” on that last page and you’re ready to heave a well-deserved sigh of relief. But just as you’re ready to fill your lungs with the sweet breath of accomplishment, you’re sucker punched...

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Make Money Before the Book Is Done!

Make Money Before the Book Is Done!

A Jaunt Down the Magazine-Writing Path by Leslie Albrecht Huber I have a confession to make. I never intended to write for magazines. I wanted to write books. The only reason I ever sent that first query to a magazine was because I read somewhere that it would help me...

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Hitting the Top 100 on Amazon Lists

Hitting the Top 100 on Amazon Lists

Metadata & Categorizing Kindle Books Guest Post by Heather Moore Once you have your most-excellent manuscript edited, your cover designed, and the interior formatted into a mobi file, you are ready to upload to the Kindle platform on Amazon. And here’s where the...

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Book Cover Marketing

Book Cover Marketing

Seven Ways to Ensure Your Cover Is Worthy of Your Story by Sabine Berlin You’ve been taught your whole life: Don’t judge a book by its cover. It’s great advice. Who knows what friendships you might have missed out on, what new things you might not have tried if this...

read more
Traditional or Self-Publishing?

Traditional or Self-Publishing?

It All Depends on You! by Kate Willoughby and Angela Eschler You just wrote “The End” on that last page and you’re ready to heave a well-deserved sigh of relief. But just as you’re ready to fill your lungs with the sweet breath of accomplishment, you’re sucker punched...

read more
Make Money Before the Book Is Done!

Make Money Before the Book Is Done!

A Jaunt Down the Magazine-Writing Path by Leslie Albrecht Huber I have a confession to make. I never intended to write for magazines. I wanted to write books. The only reason I ever sent that first query to a magazine was because I read somewhere that it would help me...

read more
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