Published on January 16, 2008
bookstores
I received the following letter last week:
I was interested in your article on book return policies. Recently, I published a book with AuthorHouse and was expected to contact bookstores myself. When they found out there wasn’t a return policy in place they wouldn’t order my book. AuthorHouse then came out with a fee (currently $699) for book returns. They wouldn’t cooperate with advertising either even though it was part of the package. The publisher would not help with the most important part of the presentation of my book. Both publisher and bookstores expected me to do it all myself.
Published on January 16, 2008
Your newsletter is the most valuable resource out there, bar none. No come ons, gimmicks, or insulting get rich quick schemes. You tell it like it is, and it’s much appreciated.
Tris
Published on January 16, 2008
ghostwriting
The concept of ghostwriting makes perfect sense. It allows for those who have expertise in an area, but are not the most proficient writers, to express themselves in well honed, well written books and articles. It also allows for writers to make money behind the strengths of well known names, since celebrities and experts can sell books based on their name recognition and, or, expertise in a field.
Published on January 16, 2008
My designer has disappeared and I can’t figure out what font he used on my cover. Can you help?
I found a great resource online for this! You upload an image of the font in question and you get an instant result. See: https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont
Published on January 9, 2008
I’m relieved the holidays and our “home-based vacation” are over. I’ve made two New Year’s Resolutions and I’m really going to stick to them this year…and neither one of them has anything to do with weight loss – ha ha!
Published on January 9, 2008
This time of year, most of us are feeling ambitious and thinking about ideas for new books we want to write. It always happens to me, too. New Year’s Day = New Book Ideas! I can’t help it. They come spilling out of my brain faster than I can process them. In fact, I have a “book ideas” folder in my email box. It’s filled to the brim with ideas for books that I will never, ever have time to write.
Published on January 9, 2008
Letters will return next week.
Published on January 9, 2008
Last June, I took the plunge. After eight years of freelancing part-time, I chose to pursue a full-time writing career. Was I nervous? You bet. Has it worked out? Better than I ever hoped.
The following are tips I’ve learned along the way, with additional advice from successful full-timers…
Published on January 9, 2008
Can I use the photograph of a painting on my book’s cover?
-Jeanine
Can you take a photo of a painting and use it on a book cover? What about about a photo of a sculpture? How about a building? Well, it depends….
This part of copyright law can be confusing. There’s an excellent article on this subject here:
https://www.wipo.int/sme/en/documents/ip_photography.htm
Published on January 9, 2008
Ever since I encountered the word synchronicity, I’ve seen it working in my life. I met that word about the same time I met Peggy Vincent. At that time, 2002, Peggy was writing her first book, Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife, a memoir of her experiences birthing babies in the San Francisco area.
