Benefits of a Writers Conference—Four Pieces of Advice
by W. Terry Whalin (@terrywhalin) As a professional writer I’ve found many benefits from attending a writers’ conference. I consider these events a personal investment. Attending for a full day…
Business of Writing
Book and eBook Lengths are Changing
by Dave Chesson, Your Book Trend Watchdog, and Kindlepreneur founder At Kindlepreneur, we’ve dug into Amazon trends and found something you’ll want to check out. I was surprised when my…
You Want It All, But You Can’t Have It: Parenting. Work. Travel. Success. Impossible?
By Zibby Owens, Reprinted with permission It’s 11:00 p.m. and I’m still sitting on my son’s bed after I put him to bed. I’m in the dark, the only sound…
Authors, you need to have the original files for your book
By Kathleen Kaiser One of the biggest mistakes I’ve found when working with self-published authors is that they don’t have the original high-resolution PDF for their book’s interior or the…
The Logistics of Touring Part IV–A Day in the Life
by Mark Parsons Click here if you missed Part III. There is the theory of and the planning of, but sooner or later you face the doing of. A typical…
What to know about AI in 2023
by Eric Hauch This was the year that artificial intelligence went tete-a-tete with human writers. While AI has been around for years, the introduction of ChatGPT introduced an automated process…
The Logistics of Touring Part III – Promotion & Product
by Mark Parsons Click here if you missed Part II. “If you build it, they will come” doesn’t apply to in-store events. It’s more like “If you build it—and tell…
The Logistics of Touring aka Part II – Making it Happen
by Mark Parsons Click here if you missed Part I. Last time we discussed the overall steps in setting up a book tour. Let’s look at some of the important…
The Logistics of Touring aka Part I – Planning the Tour
by Mark Parsons We’ve gone on three different book tours within the past year. First for my wife’s newest book, The Peach Rebellion, last May, then for my latest, The…
Is Stratton Press a publishing predator? Here’s everything you need to know
by Sandra Beckwith Posted March 22, 2023 Reprinted with permission I received an interesting voicemail message earlier this month. “Hi Sandra, this is Ann and I’m calling from Stratton Direct.…