Our thanks to book publicist Lynda Bouchard for this guest post! It is the best of times; it is the worst of times, to be a writer. Anyone can be an author in today’s techno world. All you need is
PubSmart: A New Breed of Publishing Conference
For nearly ten years it’s been my dream to see a first-rate publishing conference produced in Charleston, SC. It’s a wonderful city for writers, and the southeast is becoming a real hub of publishing in this brave new digital era,
Marketing Your Book for Holiday Sales
Self-publishing company Lulu has released a new 35-page ebook, Marketing Your Book for Holiday Sales. Click here to download your free copy. To create this guide, Lulu asked “4,000 of our best-selling independent authors to share advice and best practices
Book Clubs Spell S-U-C-C-E-S-S for Authors
Book clubs can be a defining moment in any author’s career. We’re not just talking Oprah here (though that’s a stellar example). Fact is, the success of a book can be super-charged if book clubs get hold of it and
Book Reviewers and Book Clubs: Reaching Influencers!
Volume 3 of our Directory of Book Reviewers is now live and online for Winner Circle members. The newest quarterly edition includes several added review sites and updated rankings. And, where necessary, a few deleted sites that have ceased to meet
Author Social Media: Why Use Fake Followers?
Thanks to blogger Carl Shaw for this guest post. I like to use social media and use Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram every day even if it’s just to check out how my posts are being viewed or what everyone
Author Beware: Not All Publishing Contracts Are Created Equal
Copyright graphic courtesy freedigitalphotos.net. WWW team member Bren McClain forwarded an interesting article from Publisher’s Weekly yesterday: “For Major Publishers, Will Print No Longer Be the Norm?” Although provocative, “…a handful of agents, all of whom spoke to PW on