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Do NOT Pay Someone to Showcase Your Book at a “Virtual Book Fair!”

Published on December 31, 2020 author scams, book marketing, book signing advice, bookstores, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing scams

I received an unsolicited phone call from a senior marketing consultant at a company that displays books at book fairs. She said her company was only taking 10 books to a book fair in Europe and they chose mine…

World’s Worst Query Letters and Book Proposals For December, 2020!

Published on December 23, 2020 promotional pitfalls, worst book proposals and query letters, writing career advice

Oh, yes! We know you’re excited!! Today, we’re going to share another installment of our popular column, World’s Worst Query Letters and Book Proposals.

Should You Use Booksniffer to Promote Your Book?

Published on December 17, 2020 promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing

Read what the Alliance of Independent Authors has to say about Booksniffer.

BOOK PROFIT PRICING: How To Price Your Books For Maximum Profitability by Jennifer Brown Banks

Published on December 10, 2020 author, book marketing, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice

3 things you MUST know to price your books for maximum profits.

Staging Your Zoom Background to Sell More Books! – by Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg

Published on December 10, 2020 author, book marketing, Networking, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing career advice

Zoom meetings are becoming more common as a way to conduct business. Does your “background” say the wrong thing about you and your product/service?

Amazon is Screwing Over Authors and Publishers ONCE AGAIN!

Published on December 10, 2020 amazon, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing

Why in the world would Amazon let people who’d completely used and benefitted from a product “return” it for a full refund? I know why!

Submittable – Good for Writers…or Not?

Published on November 19, 2020 promotional pitfalls, writing career advice

Is Submittable a good deal for writers? We don’t think so. Here why…

“A publisher wants to charge me hundreds of dollars to ‘reprint’ something that is widely available for free online…”

Published on November 19, 2020 author scams, copyrights, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing

“They’re quoting me hundreds of dollars to reproduce the text in my book. But, there are countless websites that have already quoted this exact text by that author…”