WHAT IS A BOOK BOX SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE?! A Whole New Sales Channel for Authors!! – by Emma Hall
An EXTREMELY lucrative way to sell LOTS of books, get free, viral marketing, AND connect with new readers!
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“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!
“Is a 1400-page memoir too long?”
Q – Hi Angela If I decide to publish my memoir, what’s the bottom line on 1400 pages? Can it fit into one paperback volume? D.S. A – At BookLocker, our limit is 1,050 pages but I wouldn’t recommend a book that large. It would be very cumbersome for readers to hold while reading, and […]
Why Hiring a Book Cover Designer on One of Those Cheap Freelance Sites Can Be VERY Expensive!
What your designer did was a complete waste of money.
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…
“Can I include scans of newspaper articles in my book? My book IS educational.”
Since my book is non-fiction, will the educational exception to copyright law apply?
Book Marketing Scams!
“I wanted to forward this to you and get your perspective on it. I have received a number of emails from people wanting to “market” my book, but…”
“How do I let readers know that a portion of my royalties are going to a specific charity?”
Not sure how to notify potential readers that their purchase will benefit a specific charity? Angela has ya covered!
How I Became a Successful Freelance Editor – by Rickey Pittman
Editing has proved to be a substantial source of income—sometimes supplemental, sometimes providing JIT (just-in-time) money when my other avenues of income were slow or hindered by the weather, acts of God, or health…