Month: September 2011

What New Authors Need to Do: Market

My money quote from Grael Norton, acquisitions editor for Wheatmark, during Wednesday’s webinar at the…

 Posted in Marketing

Why Self-Publishing Has Such a Bad Reputation

One of the biggest hurdles authors of “small market” books have to overcome is the…

 Posted in Editing Layout and Formating, Publishing

New Review: A Warrior’s Soul is “Highly Recommended”

One of the problems I struggle with as an author is patience waiting for reader…

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul

How to Manage Sales Expectations

Oddly, I don’t remember obsessing over book sales for my first book. I had a…

 Posted in Marketing, Publishing

Don’t Skimp on Editing

Over at Blogging Authors, guest columnist Chris Hoole has a very important post on editing….

 Posted in Keys to Success, writing and storytelling

What to Include in a Synopsis

Irene Watson has a nice post over at Readerviews.com, an on-line book reviewer, on what…

 Posted in Marketing

More on Book Sales

A reader of my previous post on book sales (Books Sales By The Numbers), noted…

 Posted in Publishing

The Hunger Games, Dialogue, and Voice

My new favorite young-adult series is The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. The books…

 Posted in Writers & Writing, writing and storytelling Tagged , , , , ,

Book Sales By the Numbers

It may seem like an odd question, but when do you know your book’s a…

 Posted in Keys to Success, Marketing, Publishing