Our thanks to literary publicist Lynda Bouchard for this guest contribution, just in time to meet those New Year’s pitch resolutions! Pitching journalists is one of the things I love the most about the work I do for authors. It
Best Ways to Stay Protected Online as a Self-Employed Author!
Our thanks to Information Security Analyst Thomas Milva for this contribution. In an age of security challenges, it will benefit self-employed authors to be aware as we head into the new year! Small businesses are really important to the American
Winner Circle Makeover: New Calendars and Competitions!
Just in time for holidays, we’re excited to announce that our Winner Circle calendar of competitions, book festivals, writers conferences and retreats has been overhauled to make your hunting happier! 1. Easier to Find and Enter Competitions First, we’ve broken
Are Book Signings Too Old Fashioned?
Our thanks to author and creator of FundsForWriters.com C. Hope Clark for this insightful guest contribution! This past week, a new author with a newly-released book asked how I approached libraries about holding book signings. The question took me aback
Author Marketing Mastery #50: Climb Outside the Book Marketing Box!
We’re wrapping up our year-long marketing series with the fiftieth installment ,so you can take a break and get to all the holiday celebrating. In this installment, a look at slides of just five “Outside the Box” book marketing ideas
Author Marketing Mastery #49: The Untapped Potential of Author Cross Promotion
Author Cross Promotion happens when two or more authors agree to promote each other’s books to the mutual benefit of each author. How does it work? Well, like any good cross-promotion, it needs to be a win-win for the authors
Author Marketing Mastery #48: Cause Marketing – When Book Sales Benefit Charity (and Vice Versa!)
On the heels of Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes #GivingTuesday, so this is a particularly timely installment! We’re big fans of cause marketing when it comes to books because it fits into our whole “Win” mission. Partnering with a