“What are the possible repercussions of giving my book the same title as other books on the market?”
Q - I wrote my book and I really need to keep the same title I chose long ago. I've ...
10 Ways TikTok Can Help Writers Make More Money! By Jada Elder
TikTok captivates millions of attention spans on a daily basis, across time zones and generations. And, if you possess the ...
“Are you interested in creating a speakers’ bureau for authors?”
Q - Any interest in creating “a speakers' bureau with the express goal of sending your authors to college” for ...
COMPLAINTS about Your Online Publicist / YourOnlinePublicist.com / (YOP)
I received the following message this week: Subject: "Your Online Publicist" I have received several phone calls from this company ...
When It Comes To Unsolicited Book Marketing Offers: Buyer Beware! By Alina Adams
Newly published authors are bombarded with advice about how to get their book into the hands of readers: You need ...
“My book was on Amazon last week and now I can’t find it?”
Q - Angela, My book was recently published. Last week, I was able to find it by just typing the ...
TRICKY BUSINESS? Another Reason to NEVER Let Someone ELSE Register Your Website Domain!
Here is a conversation I had with an author last week. AUTHOR: A website design firm designed and managed my ...
8 Ways Blogging Boosted My Freelance Career By Karen Lange
While writing a client’s blog post recently, it struck me how beneficial my own blog has been for my freelance ...
Yes, BookLocker authors earn royalties when a contest winner chooses their book as a prize!
Q - Angela, I noticed that I received a royalty as the result of a "contest." When you get a ...
How to Sell Your Books at Multiple Neighborhood Yard Sales! By Jennifer Lincoln
As a self-published author, you may find yourself with some copies of your books just waiting to be sold. When ...
How can BookLocker afford to charge thousands less than other companies?
Q - Why is your process not $5,000.00 like the other companies that have offered to publish my book? Here ...
COMPLAINTS about Authors Press AND Westwood Books Publishing
DISCLAIMER: We compete directly with these companies. We reject a large number of manuscripts each year. When we do, we ...
6 Ways to Make Your Blog Profitable By Jennifer Brown Banks
When I began my blogging journey back in 2009, I never envisioned it as an additional income stream as a ...
How to Successfully Hand-Sell Copies of Your Book by Bonnie McCune
Before I published my first novel, no method of promoting books terrified me as much as selling at a bookstore, ...
Book Awards: Worth the Cost?
Q - Hi Angela, I’m wondering what you might know about poetry awards and prizes, such as the Pulitzer Prize ...
How to Use Breaking News Stories to Instantly Promote Your Website, Services, or Books
I performed a social media experiment last weekend and it was a huge success! After all of the hullabaloo about ...
Can’t Easily Find Your Book on Amazon? Here’s Why!
Over the years, I have received this same basic complaint from authors about Amazon: "I can't find my book on ...
How I Sold All 28,000 Copies of My Children’s Books by Cynthia Wylie
Even if you’re with a traditional publisher, you still have to do your own marketing. In 2018 I published a ...
SELF-PUBLISHING IN 2023? – How Many Book Sales Needed to Recoup Your Investment?
EFFECTIVE 1/3/23: THIS PAGE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING UPDATED WITH CURRENT NUMBERS EDITOR'S NOTE: Please also see the ...
ARE YOU A BARD, TOO? 10 Bits of Writing and Publishing Advice from the Famous Bard of the South, Rickey Pittman!
“A king is a king, but a bard is the heart and soul of the people; he is their life ...
