It's all About the Cover - Advice for Self-Published Authors

With only a few seconds to catch the attention of a potential buyer the cover is the most important tool you have when trying to sell your book. You have spent hundreds of hours working on your manuscript. You should also put a fair amount of energy into the cover. Here is some solid advice on what to do.

Best Places to Market Your Book

Bookstores are not always the best place to market your books. There are many options available if you just get a little creative.

Taking Advantage of Your Distributor to Market Your Book

Distributors sell more than just your book. If you work with them, you can skyrocket your book sales without a lot of effort.

Know Your Market BEFORE You Write Your Book

If you have a great idea for a book, make sure there is an audience before you spend you time and money publishing your work.

3 Keys to Book Publishing Success

If you are writing or considering writing a book this message is just for you. True success as an author is attainable for every one of us. We simply have to do the things to be successful that the successful people do.

Book Publishing Services

Book publishing services are usually just self-publishing companies that do the legwork for a fee. But in a nutshell, the publishing industry includes the development, marketing, production and distribution of news and non-fiction magazines and books, literary works and other works dealing with dissemination of information. Although newspaper and magazine companies often own printing presses and binderies, most of the book publishing companies outsource the production and development work to smaller companies and only control the advertising and marketing tasks. Some of the publishing companies sub-contract the editorial work as well. These companies offering specialized book publishing services are also an integral part of the ever-growing publishing industry in the US.

A Beautiful Book Design Is Intended For You The Reader

If you look at the book designs of today, they are nothing less than commercial packaging for a product. Don’t get me wrong, book design is important because many of us not only read our books but have them on display too, which means they have to have pleasing covers. Good book designs sell books period. When browsing around a book store, the publishers are all too aware that you never get a second chance to make that first impression and with so many books on display, you need to stand out.

Creating a Handout for Your Book Talk: Smart Speaking, Smart Selling

A handout, or several handouts, can make your book talk clear. Handouts may also serve as sell pieces and prompt attendees to buy your book later. This articles tells how to write handouts that support - and sell - your book.

I Designed My Own Book Cover

The cover of a book has a lot to do with sales. Customers will pick up books with eye-catching covers and ignore books with bland covers. Many authors have no control over the covers of their books. This article details the steps one writer took to design a happy cover for a serious book.

Trying To Get A Book Published Is A Career In Itself

The trials and tribulations of trying to find a publisher

Book Marketing Landmines and How to Avoid Them

In order to conduct a successful book marketing campaign as a POD published author, you will need to understand the challenges that can hinder your success. If you are not aware of these challenges and try to blindly market your book, you will find yourself caught in the middle of a book marketing minefield - surrounded by landmines that can seriously limit your career as a published author. Once your book is released and you begin to market it, you will discover.

How Not To Get Published - How To Win the WWOTYA - Introduction

Almost all the manuscripts I have to review could be published if the authors avoided some traps. It is a shame, from the publisher's point of view, to have to refuse a manuscript that is obviously written by a talented author. There are many what-to-do guides. I have the feeling that a what-not-to-do guide is missing.

How Not To Get Published - How To Win the WWOTYA - 2, The Publishing House

If you do not self-publish, you will have to choose a publishing house. Many writers forget the other side of the agreement: a publishing house will have to choose them.

How Not To Get Published - How To Win the WWOTYA - 4, The Length

The length of a novel has to depend on the story, not on the writer's whim; still less on the publisher's. The length of a text is the right one if nobody wonders about it.

Selling Your Published Book - Writing is the Easy Part

After spending hundreds of hours writing, editing, and organizing your book, you don't want to experience lackluster sales that discourage you from future writing endeavors, so you need to learn a little something about how to sell your book too.