CEO and Founder of Shoreline Entertainment, Morris Ruskin, discusses the structure of a Hollywood production company and how the movie industry's buying habits have changed over the years. It's a great overview that can help authors understand how their...

Author Carolyn Howard-Johnson talks about the importance of your marketing mailing list, how to get it, and how it helps you propel your book forward. It helps to have a personal connection to the people on your list, so they don't think of your messages...

Tom Rieger, bestselling author of Breaking the Fear Barrier, tells the story of how his research helped him identify a common theme or pattern for his book and how he went about quantifying the themes he found. Click here to play this audio clip

Author and Publicist, Mary Bisbee-Beek, explains foreign rights and how that can effect your book and your royalties. Foreign rights are generally when your work is sold internationally. It may not be the most profitable part of your sales plan, but...

Author and Publicist, Mary Bisbee-Beek, explains foreign rights and how that can effect your book and your royalties. Foreign rights are generally when your work is sold internationally. It may not be the most profitable part of your sales plan, but...

Public speaking may not be in every authors comfort zone or wheelhouse, but can be beneficial as part of a book publicity and marketing strategy. Book publicist Nicole Baker believes public speaking is as important as the author feels it should be. When...

What works when marketing nonfiction books can be very different from what works when marketing fiction books. Bestselling author, speaker, and book coach Allie Pleiter has published over 50 books, both fiction and nonfiction, and has sold over 1.5 million...

Literature awards can be extremely gratifying to both the author and the publisher. For award-winning book designer and publisher Edmund Wee, awards show that his company and staff are focused on the right things. When Wee founded Epigram Books six...

Literature awards can be extremely gratifying to both the author and the publisher. For award-winning book designer and publisher Edmund Wee, awards show that his company and staff are focused on the right things. When Wee founded Epigram Books six...

Singapore-based, award-winning comic artist and graphic novelist Sonny Liew has seen a few key changes in the comic book industry over the last twenty years. First, the market for comic books has expanded outside of the U.S. and is much more global....