THE 4 KEYS TO GOOD SERVICE By Mike Dale
Nobody sets out to fail but, for the freelancer, there are some key elements that will deliver the best possible service and happy customers…
FAITH-FULL WRITING: Expanding Into the Christian Market By Monica A. Andermann
In the first years since I left my desk job to pursue writing freelance, my personal and inspirational essays found homes in several anthologies and in some magazines, too. Yet suddenly I found myself feeling tapped out in that arena, as though my supply of heartening stories was running dangerously low. At that moment, I examined not only what I was writing but why I was writing. I wanted my words to have a positive impact on the reader’s life…
KIDDIE POOL!!
Only a month after our last snow, it got into the 80s here on Memorial Day so Frank ran to the store for a kiddie pool for the little ones. Boy oh boy, were they happy!!
Do NOT Sneak Your Self-Published Book Onto Bookstore Shelves! By Angela Hoy, Co-owner of BookLocker.com and WritersWeekly.com
Over the years, several authors have written to me, sharing a “unique” idea they had about getting bookstores to stock their books. They walk into a store, pull a couple of their books out of their purse or jacket, place them on a shelf, and walk away. It’s like backwards shoplifting. We call it shopdropping….and it’s a very, very bad idea…
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Q&A and You By Suchi Rudra
I’ve written quite a few business and company profiles in my seven years of experience as a freelance writer and journalist. This means I’ve had to interview many CEOs, executives and owners of small- and medium-sized businesses. Although the question list varies according to the specific style of the magazine and the unique qualities of the business and business owner, there is definitely a core set of questions that I tend to slip in during each interview…
Should I Give Away Copies of My Book to Stores? NO!
Do you suggest walking into Barnes and Noble and giving them five copies of my book for free to put on their shelves?
I’ve Never Stopped Learning By Pamela Moeng
From infancy, my parents read to me and, when I could string words together to read ‘See Jane Run’, they provided me with a wealth of reading material. My parents’ home was full of adults’ and children’s books – both fiction and nonfiction. But cereal boxes, toothpaste tubes, my dad’s evening newspaper and my mother’s magazines were also devoured…
THREE GRADUATES!
Last Saturday, I held fast to a pile of tissues while we sat the nosebleed section of the civic center, watching our two oldest children graduate from college…
POD SECRETS REVEALED: How Much Do POD Publishers Profit from Those “Distribution” Fees? Hmmm… – Angela Hoy, co-owner of BookLocker and WritersWeekly.com
POD Publishers that use Ingram’s printing division to print their books incur a $12 annual fee for each title/ISBN. They call this their “Catalog Fee.” Ingram’s catalog fee provides: “Access to our worldwide distribution channels (the largest portfolio of wholesalers, distributors and booksellers worldwide).” Basically, this means they send out an automated feed to bookstores that includes all the available titles and it costs $12 per year to keep a book in their feed.
Most POD publishers pass this fee onto their authors but under a variety of names. While it’s common to mark up a fee a small bit for a variety of reasons (administrative costs, their own file hosting expenses, etc.), some POD publishers take “marking up” to a whole new level.