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Have you been approached about turning your novel into a movie? Solicited by a literary agent? Had your Facebook page duplicated? Scammers disguising themselves as reputable firms and people, taking…
by Bobbie Christmas Q: How important is the format of my manuscript? If I don’t follow standard manuscript format, can my book get rejected? A: I can’t speak for every…
by Jay Hartman April showers bring May flowers. What do May flowers bring? Pilgrims. That’s a very old (and very bad) dad joke, but timely. As we head into April…
ALA’s press release, American Library Association Reports Record Number of Unique Book Titles Challenged in 2023, is now available online. As predicted last fall, 2023 saw new records for the…
The Writers & Publishers Network (WPN), a national literary nonprofit, is merging the Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC) and the Publishers Association of Los Angeles (PALA) into its organization.…
by Sandra Beckwith January 31, 2024 Reprinted with permission It’s easy to see why so many authors suffer from book marketing overwhelm. There’s so much to do! Here’s how to…
by Jay Hartman Thanks for coming in. Feel free to lie down on the couch over there. Comfortable? Great. You’re in a safe space here. You can always speak freely…
by Bobbie Christmas Q: There is someone in my current critique circle who keeps saying, “Write tight.” Is he just being incredibly critical, or is he just trying to say…
Amazon Advantage vs Amazon Seller Central: Sell Your Own Print Books by Jason Hamilton, reprinted with permission So let’s assume that you have printed multiple copies of your book and…
by Adanna Moriarty UPDATE: This morning as we prepped this article to go out in WPNews, I got one of these alerts on my business page as a business recommendation…
