Whether your home is a showplace or you’re simply the king of DIY (do-it-yourself), an interest in decor, gardening or home repair can net you assignments from the lucrative “shelter” market…
When I published my first book, Making Soap In Your Own Kitchen, I was brand new to book marketing. Heck, I wrote the book to teach myself how to write and publish a book!
Well, the Amazon/BookSurge Threat stole my Sunday. I usually take Sundays off, to preserve my sanity…
Tuesday, April 1st, was the rumored deadline Amazon.com gave to some POD publishers to sign an agreement allowing their printing division, BookSurge, to print each publisher’s book to be sold through Amazon, or risk having their “buy” buttons turned off on the Amazon.com website…
We received more letters in the past week regarding the Amazon situation than we have ever received in the history of publishing WritersWeekly (launched in 1997). Just a few are published
here.
Science writing is not about writing glittering prose. It’s about clearly explaining scientific discoveries to your readers. Many of my 1,100 published articles are science stories.
Angela:
I receive your newsletter and do like your views on the world of publishing. I recently received an email about an incredible way to do vanity publishing. The offer is at the bottom of the “enticement” text. I thought you may want to look at it. (URL removed)
All the best,
J.
At 7 a.m. on the morning of May 14, 2001 I kissed my kids goodbye and my husband of 16 years drove me to my second job. That was the last time I would ever see him…
The large golden egg, which was good for a $20 bill that was perched on the mantle, was found by…
Some Print on Demand (POD) publishers are privately screaming “Monopoly!” while others are seething with rage over startling phone conversations they’re having with Amazon/BookSurge representatives. Why isn’t anybody talking about it openly? Because they’re afraid – very, very afraid…
