How to Establish RESPECTFUL Limits with Clients (and preserve your sanity) by Jennifer Brown Banks
Do you accept late payments, rigid deadlines, disrespect, and poor treatment to remain in the good graces of your clients? STOP! Stop is RIGHT NOW!!
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Why Aren’t My Social Media Posts Selling Books?
“My social media posts just aren’t working. I keep posting the same ad over and over again and my book is NOT selling. What am I doing wrong?”
“I think my book would make a great movie. How can I pitch it to Netflix?”
“I’ve been reading that Netflix is the way to go with getting a movie published now. My book could even be a series. It’s action-packed and would look great on the screen. Should I mail them a copy of my book with a pitch letter?”
What’s the #1 Hidden Trap Authors Fall Into When Self-Publishing? by Brian P. Whiddon, Managing Editor
In this article, we will discuss authors being held captive by publishers who, through very unethical means, hold authors hostage after they sign up, and pay thousands for that publisher’s services…
Do Market Research BEFORE Marketing!! By Amy Keeley
A successful business looks to see if there’s a demand for what it’s trying to sell…before it starts the selling process.
“I’m willing to pay someone to promote my book…but who should I hire?”
“I’m getting a lot emails from book promotion sites. Are these legitimate sites? Do they really help sell books? Are they worth the money?”
“Should I pay a book review site $1.50 for every copy of my ebook that they give away for free?”
Why in the world would an author PAY people to read his or her book rather than the other way around?!?! I’m having a hard time trying to think of a worse book review deal for authors!
NICE TRY, FELLA! The FUNNIEST Fake Book Proposal We’ve Ever Seen!
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…
Ebook sales DOWN again!; Regrettable rejections in publishing history; Amazon subtly manipulating your buying choices?; AND MUCH MORE! – Whispers and Warnings for 09/04/19
MORE: First Christian florists and bakers, and now movie-makers not allowed to choose their own clients; Print and audiobook sales UP; Dumb magazine photoshops teen’s head onto nude body; Russian blogger imprisoned for REALLY stupid Tweet.
“My publisher is delaying publishing my book, insisting I pay even more money to them for marketing services. What can I do?”
Is this publisher committing extortion???