"Did you pay the writers who contributed to to your book, "QUERY LETTERS THAT WORKED! Real Queries That Landed $2K+ Writing Assignments?" Or, did they simply give them to you?"…
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I put up my book on Amazon's Kindle last year for almost a year but not a single copy was sold. Did I do something wrong?…
Scammers can EASILY find authors' names and phone numbers on the Internet! Hang up on them!!…
This author needs to find an editor. Whom can she trust? …
Don't fall for this very common (phony!) marketing blurbage!!! …
Discrimination against self-published authors is not new but, in today's society, figuring out which authors are self-published is now much easier.…
No electronic files? The fix is simple!…
Angela answers your questions about writing and publishing. …
"My only source of income is social security. I tell you this because if you accept my work I'll have to take out a loan from my bank..."…
"Lots of people (42 on one) liked my book promo post but still I see no sales. Why?" Read the answer here...…
When a "literary agent" offers to "publish" your book ... run for the hills! Here's why...…
What you need to know before hiring a ghostwriter.…
A family of felons actually wanted me to help them profit from their crimes!…
This isn't Angela's only beef with the U.S. ISBN agency!…
I am frequently approached by authors who tell me about a book idea they have, and ask me if I think it will sell. Here's what I say...…
Can a publisher name someone else as the "author"...after an author's death?…
Freelancers, be VERY careful when doing work for an un-established start-up...…
"Plain 6x9 envelope? Bubble wrap envelope, etc.? Any other mailing advice?"…
"On the day of my speech, it was determined that there were no books there for me to sign or sell!"…
"I once heard of a library that was copying ebooks onto CDs and thumbdrives for their customers, meaning multiple copies were walking out the door! Not only were authors NOT getting paid for each copy but..."…
I have been working with AuthorHouse to publish my book. It has now been almost 2 years! …
Writers can get so caught up in the "newest" site that offers submission tracking ("Ooooh! Pie charts and bar graphs!!") that they spend very little time actually querying and writing. They're too busy looking at statistics, chatting with other writers online, and not really getting any money-making work done.…
I hired an (overseas) firm that promised 5-day turn-around and cheap prices on cover design and book formatting, I decided to have them handle those tasks for my book. It's now been 40 days and...…
Amazon is allowing resellers to "win" buy buttons on their book pages, which means some books will no longer be for sale directly through Amazon! Read more...…
The WritersWeekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest is in its 18th year!…
Since these database errors are so prominent on Amazon, you'll see all sorts of books by unknown (and known) authors, both active and out of print, priced at out-of-this-world prices. Here's why...…
It's never a good idea to keep writing more and more books for a series that isn't selling. You should take several months off from writing to promote the books you already have on the market. Here's why...…
"Do you have a guess on how well my type of book would sell?"…
If your publisher has already created a print cover for your book (paperback or hardcover), and if they are now trying to upsell you on ebook cover design, you're getting ripped off. Putting a cover on an ebook is as easy as copying and pasting the front cover only from the print cover file, saving it as a different file, and using that in the ebook, as well as on retailer websites, like Amazon, BarnesandNoble.com, and others.…
