Guest Expert: Anne M. Strick Sometimes writers worry about what their next subject might be. And sometimes that subject is right under their noses. Once in a while, it hasn’t even been written about before. That is what happened to me. That is where three of my recent books come from: ALL the DOORS to […]
Who Should Blog and Why?
Guest Expert: C Kay Brooks Regardless of whether you are ‘only’ a reader, a budding author ‘wantabee’ or a published author, you should consider owning a website and posting blogs. As a reader, you can challenge yourself personally as to how much you read and document what you read while making new friends along the […]
When Will the eBook Expressway Explode Sales for Nonfiction – as It Has for Fiction?
Guest Expert: Laurel Marshfield eBook Writer In the mid-1960s, the Beatles recorded “Paperback Writer,” a song that could be said to mirror the controlled frenzy currently surrounding eBooks. Why so? With its good-natured satire, the song lends a soundtrack to the hopes that many authors have for this new publishing medium. And if the Beatles […]
Conducting a Virtual Book Tour for Your eBook: The Secret for Getting your eBook Seen by Thousands of New Readers!
Guest Expert: D’vorah Lansky, M.Ed. and Author of Book Marketing Made Easy: Simple Strategies for Selling Your Nonfiction Book Online. You may be familiar with the concept of a traditional book tour. This is where the author travels from city to city, or state to state, signing books and doing book talks. This can be […]
Top New Year’s Resolutions for Book Authors
Guest Expert: Dana Lynn Smith It’s that time of year again, when our thoughts turn to the future and what we want to accomplish in the upcoming year. As you make your New Year’s resolutions, don’t forget to include resolutions for your book and your business. Here are five action steps to help you sell […]
Kindle Direct Publishing: The KDP Select Program from Amazon
Guest Expert: Michelle Hughes As an exclusive Amazon user I was very interested in the debut kdp Select program that was unveiled this month. This program boasted of allowing authors the opportunity to distribute books through the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, earn royalties from a new source, promote their books for free, and get instant […]
Amazon Still Deleting Books and Reviews Inexplicably. Or is There an Explanation?
Guest Expert: Aggie Villanueva Are We Unintentionally in Violation? Are Amazon book and review deletions actually inexplicable? I’ve been following the controversy about Amazon deleting thousands of book reviews, even authors’ entire books, with no explanation to them other than that they are in violation of Amazon rules. See Reviews Accidentally Deleted by Amazon or […]
Resolutions: Tis the Season for Supporting the Industry
Expert: Carolyn Howard-Johnson Aha! It is resolution time! I’d love to give authors advice on setting goals for the New Year. Here’s the thing: I’ve done that and—in the doing of it—realize that no one author can help another set goals because each author and each title is so different. I guess I sort of […]
Got White Papers? :: How Nonfiction Authors Can Use “Nutritional Content” to Attract a Zillion Readers — Give or Take
Guest Expert: Laurel Marshfield The Da Vinci Code Model Around Christmastime, a number of years ago, I was browsing at a local Borders bookstore (now, sadly, extinct), looking for, among other things, thrillers by the mega-bestselling author, Dan Brown. A client of mine wanted to construct his thriller-in-progress in the “Brownsian” manner, using densely applied […]
New Year’s Resolutions for Marketing Your Book: Say Yes to New Things
Guest Expert: Phyllis Zimbler Miller Thanks to the Internet, the release date of our published or self-published books no longer matter as long as the books are available online. We can continue to market our books indefinitely. And this is a great time of year to look ahead and commit to trying new promotional opportunities. […]
Have a Holly Jolly Promotion Season for Your Book
Or How to Jazz Up a Writing Career with Holiday Promotions Expert: Carolyn Howard-Johnson Have you heard of The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans? It was originally self-published. Evans believed in himself (and his book) when big publishers didn’t. When it did well, “lo and behold,” as they say in the Christmas stories. Someone […]