Don’t Let Your Ex Sabotage Your Book or Writing Business!
Over the years, we’ve experienced relatives of authors try to claim those authors were deceased in an attempt to get their royalties…but this week we discovered a whole new type of scam…
Another Happy BookLocker Author
Thanks for all your help and great effort. I am grateful to you and appreciate your making the process painless and easy to understand.
Hilary Martinez Jr.
Practical Christianity
ADVERTISING VS. EDITORIAL: Are you giving away your valuable ad space for free? – Candice Sabatini
As a beauty, fashion and travel writer the formula to get me to tell my readers about a company’s product or place is a very straightforward one.
I receive approximately three hundred email pitches a day from publicists who want to send me samples or invite me to their press event, spa or hotel in hopes that I’ll like it enough to review it. Additionally, as the publisher of an online magazine, I have to worry about getting advertisers in order to stay in business. This advertising and editorial balance is the same whether the publication is a glitzy glossy with a one hundred year history, or a start-up digital. Advertising and sponsorships are what keep us all in business…
Who Owns My Cover Design?
My book was published by (one of the largest POD publishers) and I am not happy with their service or prices. They designed my cover but I want to move my book to BookLocker. Can you use the cover they designed? Can they sue me for leaving?
Recovering
Last week, I shared the story of my surgery last week. I am very tired but feeling better. My hemoglobin level is still quite low, which explains the fatigue. I admit I’m getting very weary of phone calls from doctors offices that have bad news instead of good. 🙁
Does that “Fictitious” Website in Your Novel Already Belong to Somebody Else?
Recently, I noticed a URL for a fictitious website in a book I was formatting. I pasted the URL into my browser and, sure enough, it was a real website. The fictitious usage was for a humorous book but the actual website was a suicide prevention one. Had the author used that URL, it would not have only been in very poor taste, but it could have also resulted in a lawsuit.
BookLocker Publishing Process – Seamless and Professional
To Angela and the staff at BookLocker.com:
I just published my third book with BookLocker.com and as always the process was seamless and professional from beginning to end. The finished product is a quality book that measures up to any traditionally published book in today’s competitive marketplace. Thank you for being a trusted outlet for self-published authors.
Sincerely,
Sondra Wolferman
The Escarpment
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Turn On Your Subconscious Mind to Help with Your Creative Flow – Harry Husted
As writers, it is your desire to use words that will entertain, educate, and inform the masses of people that may just end up reading them. You may feel obligated to write, or you may look at it as a passion. Writing is considered an art form. Those who partake of it, are looked at as people with unusual talent. Some may also be looked at as weird, isolated, and strange. Nevertheless, the object is to put words down…
Should I pay $300 for a press release service? Probably not…
I am contemplating using a service to send out a press release for my book. Seems like it may be a good investment of $300.00. I wanted to get your input on the subject though.
What sort of thoughts would you have about press releases in general?
Finding Your Niche – Laura Pennington
Getting started in the writing business can sometimes be overwhelming, especially as you come to realize how many other writers there are out there. The good news is that the old saying is true: there is only one you. Why does this matter? There are topics and industries you might be clued into that can help separate you from the crowd…