Agent and rights expert Judy Klein shares her expertise on trends in book clubs and how book club rights work. She says that there was a time when having your book selected by the Book of the Month Club or the Literary Guild made a huge difference...

While you've spent considerable amounts of time writing, rewriting and editing passages in your manuscript, the first words a reader will likely read are on your book's cover. The About the Book and About the Author are usually the last step in a long...

"Before I was a writer, I was a cleaning lady in New Mexico." Jen Beagin holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine, and is a recipient of a 2017 Whiting Award in fiction. She is the author of Pretend I'm Dead and Vacuum...

Most authors are familiar with Amazon.com as an excellent distribution channel for their book. Few are aware of the numerous marketing resources available to them on the web site. Simply having your book listed on the site is not enough among the multitude...

How can self-published authors get their books into brick and mortar bookstores? One of the biggest moments in your career as an author is when you hold that first book in your hands. The slick cover and stylish head shot, the acknowledgment to mom...

This webinar is a follow-up to Working with a Literary Publicist and reviews how an author can make the most of his or her literary publicity campaign. Freelance publicist and communications professional Lindsey Gobel begins with the overall goals...

The publishing path you choose will determine the degree of “perfect” your manuscript should be in before submission. A fiction manuscript must be complete before you query agents or publishers, but there will be some final editing done by the publisher...

As children, we learned stories begin with "once upon a time" and end with "happily ever after." While this may be the most simplistic view of a story, it offers storytellers advice on a narrative structure that stands the test of time. A good book...