Published on November 19, 2021
author, book marketing, book signing advice, diversify your writing income, Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing, traditional publishing
Visions of sugarplums dance in the heads of novice writers. Hollywood has left them with the fantasy picture of authors being sent on lavish press tours where adoring fans line up at the signing table and where the writer is hounded by eager reporters…
Published on November 4, 2021
author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, Networking, Print on demand, self-publishing, storytelling, traditional publishing, write that book, writing career advice, writing tips
There are only 51 days until Christmas. That’s 36 business days. Most full-service print on demand/publishing services firms take around 4-6 months to get a book to market. Some offer rush services but NONE of them offers a 2-week publishing program…except BookLocker…
Published on October 21, 2021
author, book marketing, book signing advice, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, writing career advice
My email was (horrors!) insulting and the dastardly diva sure showed me! She wrote back, saying she was…
Published on October 1, 2021
amazon, author, book marketing, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, writing career advice
If you let any other person or company host your website, they have the power to “cancel” you if they don’t like something in your book, something you wrote online, or even some of your social media posts. You may think you’re safe from this garbage right now but you never know which way the politically correct tide is going to move in the future…
Published on September 22, 2021
author, author scams, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing career advice
Don’t pay professionals to format your manuscripts before choosing a publisher. Here’s why.
Published on September 9, 2021
author, author scams, book marketing, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing career advice
I recommend pulling your book from the market.
Published on September 2, 2021
book marketing, Networking, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice
At BookLocker, we use the largest print on demand printer in the world. They sent out an email last week warning us about an industry-wide problem…
Published on August 26, 2021
author scams, book marketing, movie rights scams, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing scams
How many authors can they trick into paying thousand of dollars for their completely garbage service?
Published on August 19, 2021
copyrights, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing
Books that are no longer in print may or may not be available for republishing.
Published on August 12, 2021
amazon, author scams, book marketing, Book Reviews, book signing advice, bookstores, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, writing career advice, writing scams
Don’t even WORK with a publisher who upsells authors on these kinds of (bleep)…
