by Kate Sullivan |
It’s four months before the big day—four months until you publish your book! Everything is written, revised, edited, and laid out and you’re even finalizing your cover. You’ve made your marketing plans, and part of that includes pursuing professional reviews. You’re...
by Kate Sullivan |
If you want to launch your book with strong word of mouth and sales right out of the gate, then you need to do some groundwork months in advance. That involves building your author website, starting your email newsletter list, posting excerpts or teasers, and putting...
by Gregory Diehl
Imagine if it were possible to produce an independent copy of your mind. This disembodied version of you could move around freely from place to place, even across foreign countries, and communicate fluently in other languages. Imagine it could be multiplied millions...
by Kate Sullivan |
You’ve probably heard it a hundred times by now: the best way to build a career as a writer is to write a lot. You need to have a series; you need to expand to related markets; you need to blog every day—the list of recommendations seems as endless as the amount of...
by Karen Dimmick |
One of the biggest questions I hear from authors is “How can I earn more money?” This is closely followed by “How can I get more book sales?” Obviously, the two are linked—and if you want to make a full-time living as an author, you need to know how to market and sell...
by Nina Harrington |
We’ve all heard it: Don’t judge a book by its cover. But why is that such a popular warning? Probably because we do judge things (and people) based on appearances—if a book has an eyecatching cover, you’ll probably pick it up to learn more. But if the book’s...
