How to Attract Attention - Workflow: Writing

Writers Must Plan and Self-Promote

4296 readersGetting published is not an acceptable answer to the question: What do you want to do with your book? Getting published is easy; there are many companies who are willing to publish your manuscript for the right price. The tougher question is: What are the marketing plans for your book? Selling books is hard. To do

Should You Self-Publish?

2261 readersNo. Because I?m getting paid to write posts of more than one word, I?ll qualify that answer. Original Post: Should You Self-Publish? Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook.

Self Marketing is Necessary

3938 readersWithout question; writers must be willing to market and promote their own book! This is especially important if you are self published. Many small independent publishers comment on the fact that too many authors are not willing to do what is necessary to help their publisher sell books. From knocking on doors of booksellers to

Learn How the Semantic Web Is Changing Publishing

3758 readersHave you heard of the Semantic Web? Want to know how it?s going to affect your job? Our sibling blog SemanticWeb covers how these tools and technologies are changing how publishers produce, manage, and publish their content. Hearst, the Associated Press and The New York Times have whole teams working on how Semantic platforms will transform

Self-Published Novelist Lands University of Chicago Press Book Deal

4314 readersIn May, the University of Chicago Press will publish A Naked Singularity, a 700-page debut novel that Sergio De La Pava self-published in 2008 through Xlibris. The story behind the book deal may inspire more literary authors to self-publish. In an email, Chicago Press promotions director Levi Stahl recounted how he discovered the self-published book: late in

A Second Chance, or a Chance to Make the Same Mistake Twice?

3924 readersSpeaking of republishing books from a couple of posts ago, how often does that happen in your business? For example, I searched for a long time for a "no longer published" children's book, The Green Machine by Polly Cameron, and I always found super expensive copies for sale. It seemed that people were always searching

How to Get Traditionally Published

1669 readersby Todd RutherfordI reserve the right to try to talk you out of this, but here's how it works.Traditional publishing companies exist in various sizes and capabilities. Some of these publishing houses focus on specific types of books. Others work with authors of many different kinds of work. This often depends on the size of

?I Want to Be a Book Publisher?

3465 readers"I Want to Be a Book Publisher" but what kind of book publisher? A media company, or a subsidy publisher, two different kinds of companies.

How To Sell Songs Inside Your eBook

4591 readers Have you written music inspired by your novel or vice versa? Now you can bring them together. Cathedral Rock Publishing, a company that makes multimedia publishing tools, has a new application available that lets authors and publishers sell songs from within an eBook. The tool called ?Book IS the Store,? is intended for self-published authors

Book Design: Have You Checked Your Margins?

1134 readers I just finished judging half the entries in the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA) annual Book Awards competition. This contest is open to members of BAIPA, an organization that includes many self-publishers but also small independent presses, professionals in the book industry and others. Overall, the books from indie publishers were quite good, and that wasn?t

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