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featured image of smiling author at her laptop surrounded by books and shipping boxes for blog post, Your Book as a Business: Thinking Like an Authorpreneur, by Yvonne DiVita

Your Book as a Business: Thinking Like an Authorpreneur

If you’re writing a book, you’d best start thinking like an authorpreneur. Here’s why and how.

By Yvonne DiVita December 11, 2025 Books, Business & Entrepreneurship, Marketing your book, Marketing your business
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Editors Notes: Why, placing punctuation matters so much to meaning, metre, and such

A fun example of why punctuation, the placement of commas in particular, is so important. And why we’re celebrating extra this year!

By Tom Collins December 4, 2025 Uncategorized
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featured image showing woman at desk buying books for blog post, Support Small Businesses: Buy Their Books!, by Tom Collins

Support Small Businesses: Buy Their Books!

You’ve heard it here, writing a book means you’re starting a business. And buying them supports those authors’ small businesses.

By Tom Collins November 27, 2025 Uncategorized
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featured image showing business person signing their book for blog post, Why Writing Your Book is the Smartest Marketing Move for Your Business Today, by Yvonne DiVita

Why Writing Your Book is the Smartest Marketing Move for Your Business Today

Find out why we’ve been using the phrase “books as business cards” for decades.

By Yvonne DiVita November 20, 2025 Book Coaching, Books, Business & Entrepreneurship, Marketing your business
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featured image of Geoffrey Chaucer making the '6-7' hand motions for blog post, Could '6-7' actually be 6-700 years old?, by Tom Collins

Marginalia: Could “6-7” actually be 6-700 years old?

Let’s take a stroll through the brief, or very long, history of the “6-7” craze. How did it become Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year?

By Tom Collins November 13, 2025 Books, Marginalia
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the art of poetry in your book

The Art of Poetry in Your Book

Poetry exists all around us. I love poetry. I think it’s a part of the creativity of being who we are. To me, if you […]

By Yvonne DiVita November 6, 2025 poetry, Storytelling, Writing
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One AI Tool (that works!) for Authorpreneurs

Finally, we’ve found an AI tool that delivers on its promise a quick and easy images for author marketing and more.

By Tom Collins October 30, 2025 AI Tools & Tips, Business & Entrepreneurship, Marketing your book
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20 Exceptional Things a Book Can Do for You and Your Business

20 Exceptional Things Writing a Book Can Do for You and Your Business

In June of 2019 – how long ago was that? – I wrote a blog post titled “25 Things a Blog Can and Will Do […]

By Yvonne DiVita October 23, 2025 Blogs & Social Media, Business & Entrepreneurship
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Your Book Design is CRAP? That’s Great!

What does CRAP have to do with book design? Find out here.

By Tom Collins October 16, 2025 Book Design, Branding, Creativity
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Want to know where the secret sauce is to write your book? I know where it is...

Looking for the Secret Sauce for Writing a Book? I know where it is.

The secret sauce for writing your book is in your refrigerator. It’s whatever you like to drink to stay hydrated while you write. I’m assuming […]

By Yvonne DiVita October 9, 2025 Learning, Storytelling, Writing
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