When it comes to marketing your book, you will often hear that you cannot neglect social media. While this is true, media expert Thomas Umstattd warns against using social media as an excuse or a replacement for working on your writing. Instead, Thomas...

How often have you heard a writer say--or even said yourself--"I just want to write books--I don't want to have to sell them, too!" Marketing and bookselling are not always natural tasks for authors, but in today's publishing landscape even traditionally...

When it comes to marketing your book, you will often hear that you cannot neglect social media. While this is true, media expert Thomas Umstattd warns against using social media as an excuse or a replacement for working on your writing. Instead, Thomas...

Literary publicist Stephanie Barko shares the three things an author needs to do to be viable online. These are a website, a blog, and a social suite. Which social profiles you choose are important and the choice is not the same for every author. The...

Author Cindy Jones shares marketing strategies for authors, six ways she markets her book and her personal blogging habits. Pay particular attention to the way she speaks about the tasks that she's doing: All of them are driven from her own native...

Author Meredith Maran has worked with nearly all types of publishers, including niche, small and large publishers. Because she is interested in promoting a message and writes politically edgy material, she favors the big houses. She explains how her...

Author Meredith Maran has worked with nearly all types of publishers, including niche, small and large publishers. Because she is interested in promoting a message and writes politically edgy material, she favors the big houses. She explains how her...

How often have you heard a writer say--or even said yourself--"I just want to write books--I don't want to have to sell them, too!" Marketing and bookselling are not always natural tasks for authors, but in today's publishing landscape even traditionally...

Bestselling authors Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison talk about co-writing The Devil's Triangle , the new book in their Brit in the FBI series. How do they work together? Do they always get along? And is writer's block really a thing? For more about...

This is session six of a ten part series designed to support your book marketing efforts. Each session is valuable on its own, but we recommend that you attend all 10 sessions to get the most comprehensive experience. In this session author Joel Scott...