“A local artist died. Can I use his painting on my book’s cover?”

When someone dies with no known heirs, are their assets up for grabs by the public? NO!!!
When someone dies with no known heirs, are their assets up for grabs by the public? NO!!!
How do you determine if a firm is likely to go belly-up? It’s EASY!
Posting fake book reviews is FRAUD.
Libel, defamation, invasion of privacy, stress, and LEGAL FEES. Is writing a tell-all book about a public figure financially (and morally) worth it in the end?
This assumption harkens back to the time when self-published authors had to purchase thousands of copies, keep them in their garage, and…
Working in TV, I have learned that ratings are people. What do people want? How do you reach the people who are not part of the masses? I put the same thought process into promoting my book…
“I received two phone calls from a publisher offering to republish my book. A quick Internet search revealed the firm’s reputation is not too good (to put it mildly!)…”
I re-wrote my book under a pen name, and asked my publisher to have the old version removed from the Internet, but to no avail…
After thorough investigation, they would keep 80% of all sales, risk no money, and I had to pay over $6,000 up front just to get the ball rolling! Please help!
BookLocker.com, a firm that competes with CreateSpace (and many others), is the parent company of this publication. Many authors who are unhappy with other publishers have submitted their manuscripts to BookLocker for consideration. However, BookLocker.com vets manuscripts for quality and salability, and rejects a large number of manuscripts each year. When we do, we refer […]