The Numbers of Sucess and The Numbers of Failure
by Amy Collins When I started my business 6 years ago, I spent the first three months reaching out to over 800 publishers asking if they would like more information about my services. Each day, I sent...
View ArticleMay I Have the Name of The Book Buyer?
by Amy Collins Today an author whom I do not know called and asked me for the names of my buyers so she could follow up on the presentations with new information. She is concerned that her publisher...
View ArticleYour Book’s Journey
by Amy Collins It is every writer’s dream to see his or her book in the front window of the local bookstore. It is fun to imagine tall, colorful stacks of your books surrounded by throngs of curious...
View ArticleA Childhood Dream Come True: My Journey to a Career in Publishing
by Lindsey Huckabee What did you want to be when you grew up? A ballerina, an astronaut? Maybe a vet or a NBA all-star. I wanted to write “The Great American Novel” – or at least illustrate the book...
View ArticleAmazon Launches New Feature – Amazon Author Rank
by Sherrie Wilkolaski Amazon announced today a new feature for readers to follow their favorite authors, they call it “Amazon Author Rank” and it’s a list of the best-selling authors on Amazon.com....
View ArticleSell More Books with Amazon’s Search Inside the Book Feature
by Sherrie Wilkolaski If you’ve gone to Amazon to buy a book, you’re probably already aware that you can take a sneak peak, or “search inside the book” before you place an order. Have you noticed that...
View ArticlePublishing – The Good, the Great and the More Difficult
by Maralyn D. Hill Some of this column will be an excerpt from “$uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book,” by Maralyn D. Hill and Brenda C. Hill. This was originally published in The Big Blend Magazine....
View Article7 Free Tools to Market Your Book on Amazon
by Sherrie Wilkolaski It’s hard to find a needle in a haystack, not to mention a diamond in the rough, but if you look hard enough, you’ll find that Amazon offers a menu of free marketing tools for...
View ArticleFormer TV News Reporter Turned Author, Talks About Being on the Other Side
by Jack Heath As a former TV news reporter and current radio talk show host, I have a whole new appreciation for how much work authors go through to get their books out to the masses. For years, I...
View ArticleDo You Have What it Takes to Be Published?
by Amy Collins It is every writer’s dream to see his or her book in the front window of the local bookstore. It is fun to imagine tall, colorful stacks of your books surrounded by throngs of curious...
View ArticleAuthors Tell Santa What You Really Want for Christmas…
by Sherrie Wilkolaski When my pen hit the paper this morning I was thinking about writing an article about the top 5 tips to drive holiday book sales and then found myself wondering down another path....
View ArticleThe Passion of Writing
by D.L. Wilson During my “day job” in the fashion industry I was fortunate, or unfortunate, depending on how you look at it, to have traveled and worked in 32 countries. The unfortunate part was the...
View ArticleMake It Happen
by John J. Hohn When I published my first novel Deadly Portfolio: A Killing in Hedge Funds, I thought that I could make the book happen—become a big seller, harvest scores of glowing reviews, and find...
View ArticleReading, Writing and Self-Publishing
by Ratna Dalal We are living in incredibly interesting times. Back in 1990, while giving a talk as part of my thesis presentation at I.I.T. in Chicago, the audience was told by my adviser that I spoke...
View ArticleHow to Market Your Book on Pinterest
by Lindsee Huckabee I may be new to the publishing world, but if there’s one thing I’m an “old” pro at, it’s Pinterest. At Infinity Publishing, we believe book marketing is the cornerstone to a book’s...
View ArticleCharacter Development
by Maralyn D. Hill This article is an excerpt from the book that I co-authored with Brenda C. Hill, $uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book. When working with character development, our book is quite...
View ArticleBook Clubs Are Alive and Well in New England
by Jack Heath Good news authors, I have found that local Book Clubs are thriving in New England. At least that is good news to me since I am a new author and live in the region. I am not sure if this...
View Article12 Month Book Marketing Plan
by Sherrie Wilkolaski Original version of this article published in Ms. Wilkolaski’s monthly column “Author’s Guide to Publishing” in IFWTWA’s “Press Pass”. The holidays are upon us and thoughts of...
View ArticleAuthor’s Guide to Publishing
Publishing advice for the aspiring and inspired author. by Sherrie Wilkolaski The holidays are here and it’s my favorite season. What I really love is that when it comes to publishing it is one of the...
View ArticleTop 5 Best Gifts to Give an Author
by Sherrie Wilkolaski With only a few days left to Christmas, you may be wondering what last minute gift you might get for your favorite author. Here is a list of gifts that you can give any time of...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....