“Should I get rid of the paperback edition of my book since the hardcover makes more money?”
“If I get rid of the paperback, people will buy the hardcover one instead and my profits will increase, right?”
self-publishing
“Can I publish a book of baseball cards?”
“I’m helping a friend assemble a baseball book and he wants to include photos of Topps Baseball cards…”
Are Authors REALLY This Desperate for Eyeballs?!
Sadly, some authors will fall for this type of scam.
Screenplay to Novel – One Way to Get Around Hollywood! – by Skip Press
It took three years to create the screenplay, but only three weeks to complete the novel.
“Can I sue an author who gives their book the same title as mine?”
“Another author published a book in 2015 that has the exactly same title as my book, which was published in 2010.”
How to SUCCESSFULLY Use Twitter to Sell Your Book – by Jules Schulman
If used correctly, Twitter can be one of the best platforms for a writer to gain an audience – and increase book sales!
What do illustrators need to know before starting work for an author?
Do the illustrations have to be in a specific format for publishing? Yes, they do!
Should Writers/Journalists Let Facebook Host Their Websites and Newsletters? No. Here’s Why.
You can bet that the minute you post something that Facebook (or any of your readers for that matter) doesn’t like, you’re going to…
Can Amazon Steal Authors’ Books, and Republish Them?
“If Amazon can blatantly rip off a vendor’s hard-line design, what’s to stop them from hijacking an author’s book?”
Promote Your OWN Website, Not Your Publisher’s
Author Andy was so excited! His new book was finished and he’d just approved his print galley. It was time to start selling books! His publishing company put his book up for sale on their website and sent him the URL where he could send people who wanted to purchase his book.
Andy didn’t have his own website or blog, but he didn’t think that would be a problem. Unfortunately, it was, on several fronts. And, while Andy and the other authors below are fictitious, the scenarios are based on real complaints we’ve received from authors over the years. In every case, had the author had their own website or blog, he or she would have lost few, if any, sales.