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Should I Pay Brilliant Books Literary to Showcase My Book at a Book Festival?

Published on February 9, 2024 book marketing, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing career advice

An author forwarded an email he received from Brilliant Books Literary. Like many of these types of solicitations, the email makes it look like…

BACK ON OUR SOAPBOX! REPEAT AFTER US: “Real Publicists and Literary Agents Do NOT Spam Authors!” by Angela Hoy and Brian Whiddon

Published on January 26, 2024 author scams, book marketing, complaints, legal, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing scams

Angela and Brian are once again fed up…and they have the snark to prove it!

“When should I submit a book for publication before Christmas of this year?”

Published on January 25, 2024 book marketing, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing career advice

“When should my wife publish her Christmas novel?”

Make Money Selling Your Books at the Local Farmer’s Market! By Kay Flowers

Published on January 19, 2024 author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, Networking, writing career advice

Don’t miss Kay’s very valuable (and at times humorous!) advice! 🙂

How can I turn my social media or blog posts into a book?

Published on January 18, 2024 author, book marketing, Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing, social media

I’d like to turn my informational posts (they’re like articles) into a book.

How I’ve Sold Thousands of Books at Events I Organized – by Gary Sturgis, Author of SURVIVING: Finding Your Way from Grief to Healing

Published on January 11, 2024 author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing, writing career advice

Easy-to-follow advice from a best selling author!

“How can I make my book look more attractive to Christmas shoppers online?”

Published on November 16, 2023 author, book marketing, promoting your writing, social media, writing career advice

There ARE creative ways to implant the “this would make a great Christmas gift” idea in people’s minds!

IMPORTANT: If You Have a Book to Publish, WAIT UNTIL BLACK FRIDAY to Sign Up, and Pay HALF PRICE at BookLocker!

Published on November 16, 2023 author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing career advice

IMPORTANT: You can sign up during the sale, and submit your manuscript for formatting when YOU are ready. We work on YOUR timeline. 🙂

“Book Consignment Possibility” is a New Scam Targeting Authors

Published on October 20, 2023 author, author scams, book marketing, complaints, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing scams

I have paraphrased the garbage email sent to this author (with my snarky comments inserted in italics). ENJOY! 😉

Only 3,000 copies?! The NYT Bestseller List is a JOKE! – In The News – 10/06/2023

Published on October 6, 2023 author, book marketing, Censorship, legal

MORE: Supreme Court to decide if states can stop social media companies from censoring users; Professor who threatened journalist with machete pleads guilty; Drew Barrymore’s writers refused to go back to work after strike; Swiss writer gets 60 days prison for insulting someone; and Biden agency ‘likely’ violated free speech by working with Big Tech to censor election content