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Making Your Book Stand Out to an Agent - podcast
Megan Close
Agents review lots of books in their line of work. Your book needs to stand out to get noticed. Learn some tips on how to do so from an industry expert like Megan Close, Associate Agent of Keller Media. Click here to play this audio clip
over 9 years ago
Traditional Publishing
Agents
Creating a Newsletter That Promotes You and Your Book
Cathy Fyock
Newsletters are a powerful way to stay connected with your readers, grow your platform, and promote your book—without feeling salesy. In this recorded session with author and book coach Cathy Fyock, you'll learn how to get started with your author...
over 1 year ago
Self-Promotion
Mailing Lists
The Importance of Independent Reviews for a Book’s Distribution and Sales
Amy Collins
There is an abundance of content being created in today’s technical age. Amy Collins, President of New Shelves Books, says there is currently more content being published in a single day than was published in an entire month only five years ago. With...
over 7 years ago
Book Reviews
Others
Alyssa Starr Newerth on Compiling and Publishing the Anthology Indy Writes Books - video
Alyssa Starr Newerth
Indy Reads Books' former Executive Director M. Travis DiNicola had a dream to publish an anthology. Indy Writes Books became a reality after the organization received grant money to fund the publication. The book's concept, as Director of Indy Reads...
over 9 years ago
Distribution & Sales
Booksellers
Alyssa Starr Newerth on Compiling and Publishing the Anthology Indy Writes Books - podcast
Alyssa Starr Newerth
Indy Reads Books' former Executive Director M. Travis DiNicola had a dream to publish an anthology. Indy Writes Books became a reality after the organization received grant money to fund the publication. The book's concept, as Director of Indy Reads...
over 9 years ago
Distribution & Sales
Booksellers
Social Media is Changing the World - video
Sherry Beck Paprocki
Sherry Beck Paprocki, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Branding Yourself, talks about the impact of social media on the way people think and how we consume information as a result. In this interview Sherry offers an example of how social media...
over 9 years ago
Social Media
General
Social Media is Changing the World - podcast
Sherry Beck Paprocki
Sherry Beck Paprocki, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Branding Yourself, talks about the impact of social media on the way people think and how we consume information as a result. In this interview Sherry offers an example of how social media...
over 9 years ago
Social Media
General
How to Write Stories that Appeal to Newspapers, Magazines, or Other Media Outlets
Mandy Jackson-Beverly
If you’re hoping to contribute writing to newspapers, magazines, and other media outlets, don’t try to be a journalist, advises author, teacher, writing coach, and speaker Mandy Jackson-Beverly. When she wrote blogs for The Huffington Post , she didn...
over 6 years ago
Writing Jobs
Freelance Writer
How Setting Goals and Writing Consistently Can Exercise Your Mind - podcast
Maurice Broaddus
At the beginning of each year sci-fi and fantasy author Maurice Broaddus creates an ambitious list of writing goals. Some of these goals are outside of his comfort zone and may be a bit unrealistic, but if he can get through even just half of his list...
over 9 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Writing Exercises
How Setting Goals and Writing Consistently Can Exercise Your Mind - video
Maurice Broaddus
At the beginning of each year sci-fi and fantasy author Maurice Broaddus creates an ambitious list of writing goals. Some of these goals are outside of his comfort zone and may be a bit unrealistic, but if he can get through even just half of his list...
over 9 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Writing Exercises
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