Amazon makes it easy for authors to market books and gauge their performance. Nancy Ellen Dodd, author of "The Writer's Compass," relies on Author Central in particular to track book sales, assess reviews and monitor how rankings and sales vacillate...

Using social media to build your platform and market your book can prove to be very effective. Author Madeline Sharples shares how she has greatly increased her connections with both individuals and organizations using a variety of social media channels...

How do you turn your idea into a movie? Whether you're starting from scratch, you've written something unpublished, or you have a published book, you can pursue your goal of turning your content into a movie—but the market is extremely tough. Movies...

This is session nine 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...

"We don't have to wait for the opportunity, we create the opportunity with self-publishing," says Cristie M. Locsin. The author of The Value of Equality was met with criticism when she chose to take the non-traditional route to publish her book, but...

"We don't have to wait for the opportunity, we create the opportunity with self-publishing," says Cristie M. Locsin. The author of The Value of Equality was met with criticism when she chose to take the non-traditional route to publish her book, but...

Authors today cannot escape the need to leverage social media in building a following and marketing their books. Whether you use Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, or some other social media outlet, you’ll want to have a presence. Listen to how Facebook...

Authors today cannot escape the need to leverage social media in building a following and marketing their books. Whether you use Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, or some other social media outlet, you’ll want to have a presence. Listen to how Facebook...