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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?

“Do industry insiders regard self-publishing as ‘cheating?'”

Published on December 10, 2020 Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing, traditional publishing

Anytime an author pays to get published, it’s considered vanity publishing. But, many self-published authors earn more than their traditionally-published colleagues.

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!

These Authors Bypassed Stuffy Traditional Publishers!

Published on December 4, 2020 BookLocker, Print on demand, self-publishing

Like everything else BookLocker has done so far, my book page is flawless! Thanks so much for providing this amazing service.

How I Sold a Million Books By Darlene Franklin

Published on November 25, 2020 author, book marketing, Book Reviews, book signing advice, diversify your writing income, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing, social media, storytelling, traditional publishing, write that book, writing career advice, writing tips

Tried-and-true methods for book promotion and ones of my own invention.

“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…”

“Do people actually buy children’s picture ebooks?”

Published on November 5, 2020 promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing career advice

Would YOU buy your child or grandchild an ebook for Christmas, or as a birthday gift?

A BALLSY Move! Using YOUR Picture as the Lead Character On YOUR Book’s Cover – by Khalil A. Barnett

Published on October 23, 2020 author, book marketing, promoting your writing, self-publishing, storytelling, write that book, writing tips

A ballsy move, to be sure. For a number of reasons. Not the least of which being that the story, it’s right there in the synopsis, has a lot of sex in it. Imagine that conversation with mom…

“Can an LLC protect me from getting sued?”

Published on October 23, 2020 author, legal, libel, Print on demand, self-publishing, storytelling, traditional publishing, writing career advice

“I’ve written a book that contains lots of stories about people I’ve know. A friend told me to set up an LLC and then can’t get sued. Is this true?”

9 Reasons NOT to Use BookBaby to Publish Your Book

Published on October 23, 2020 author, bookbaby, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing career advice

We were recently contacted by an author who wants to move his book from BookBaby to BookLocker. He says it takes them too long to print and ship a book. We took a look at their current “terms of service” and this is what we found…