Marketing novels can sometimes feel harder than marketing nonfiction. Author Cindy Jones describes her approach to generating innovative marketing ideas for fiction books. She tries to use the same creativity and genius involved in writing a book to...

Marketing novels can sometimes feel harder than marketing nonfiction. Author Cindy Jones describes her approach to generating innovative marketing ideas for fiction books. She tries to use the same creativity and genius involved in writing a book to...

The timeline for a book from concept to publication can greatly differ project to project. Sometimes the writing comes quickly and takes only a few months, other times it's a much slower process and a book can take years to finish. There are several...

As a new author, there are many unknowns, and how to get a book into bookstores for traditional retail sales is one of the big ones. In this video, book marketing and sales expert Shelley Rogers Landes provides some perspective on the value of bookstores...

Lawrence Knorr, author and founder of Sunbury Press, explains the components of an effective book cover. Knorr has always had a love for photography, which he considers to be his formational background in design. He shares the most important elements...

When author Valerie Willis started writing the first book in her Cedric the Demonic Knight dark fantasy series, she didn't know much about the different fiction genres and subgenres. She only knew the story she wanted to tell. As a writing teacher...

Moses Ose Utomi shares his writing career and how he overcame the fear of sharing his writing with others and receiving negative feedback. In his West African–inspired young adult fantasy sequel to Daughters of Oduma , an elite female fighter and her...

David Margolick, author of Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock , offers writing advice for aspiring biographers, including how to pick a person to write about based on your interests and the availability of materials. Margolick says it is...

Author David Wilkinson describes the value of writing conventions offer to his career as a writer. He goes to writing conferences to learn from other editors and agents about the changing publishing industry and how he can react to those changes to...

Author David Wilkinson describes the value of writing conventions offer to his career as a writer. He goes to writing conferences to learn from other editors and agents about the changing publishing industry and how he can react to those changes to...