What’s in a Best Selling Book?
Understanding the New York Times and other best seller lists and what’s in it for authors who achieve best seller status
Writing a book for beginners – Is Becoming an Author in Your Future for 2024?
Yes writing a book is a big task. It requires attention. It requires planning. It requires teamwork.
Let’s talk about all of that today. I’ll give you a little beginner’s lesson in how to get started on that book because I know you want to. I know you don’t want to be like all those people I meet who just talk about writing a book and never do anything about it.
Give Thanks: Talk Books With Your Family and Friends
The Benefits of Reading Books — Especially Fiction — for Work and Pleasure
[TfTi] Who is the Author of a book these days?
Has corporate publishing changed the meaning of the term author to include all those who help get a book published? What about audiobooks? AI?
Presenting, the Amazing, Lusty Subtitle! A book’s best friend!
Amazon sells more than 300 million books a year. And… Amazon releases over 1.4 million self-published books through its Kindle Direct Publishing every year. The […]
Porsché Mystique Steele: Author and Indie Publisher Shares Insights Into Writing a Book
Porsché Mystique Steele joins Yvonne DiVita on Smart Conversations to share her journey from editor to Mystique Rose Publishing, an Indie publishing company that values […]
The Writer’s Guide to ForeWords in Nonfiction Books
Your foreword is an important part of your nonfiction book project. Give it the attention it deserves.
[TfTi] Hints that Indie Authors might abandon Amazon?
Two emails arrived in the past week or so that, in combination, have me rethinking my conviction that indie authors have no realistic choice about […]
Yes! You Should Write More Than One Book, and Here’s Why
Writing more than one book can be the difference between real success and minor success. Here’s why writing a series of books is the best way forward for business authors.
Page Layout: Designing for Marginalia
How — and more importantly, WHY — should your book be designed for marginalia? And what are the two flavors of marginalia to be accommodated?