Sometimes competitors and others test BookLocker.com to see if we really do screen manuscripts that we’re considering for publication. Yes, we absolutely do! We rejected the poetry book written by the dog of an author. That was memorable. There was the…
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Is this publisher committing extortion???
You might be surprised to learn that my #1 recommend method of book promotion is Facebook advertising. But, not the way you think…
I wrote a book about the abuse I endured as a child. I purchased the rights to use a photo from a stock photo agency. It’s a crying little girl who looks somewhat similar to me as a child. That photo will be very powerful on my book’s cover. But, my cover designer refuses to use it because…
An author contacted me this week about a bad review posted on Amazon about her book. She wanted advice on how to get it removed. Some ding dong at Amazon told her that…
I was contacted recently by an author who did attend one of these. He was initially impressed and excited because “so many” publishers had authors in attendance. But what he didn’t know was…
I don’t know how any writer can claim to be a serious writer when presenting their “work” in this way…
I was spammed by a well-known book publicity firm last week so I took that opportunity to ask them a very simple question. All authors who are considering paying a marketing firm upwards of $1,000 or more should ask the same question…
Should this author invest months or years doing what the agent suggests…when he/she hasn’t even contacted any traditional publishers yet? Is he/she actually trying to sell expensive services to the author? You won’t believe the things this agent suggested…
