The rapidly evolving publishing industry has changed how books are written, marketed, and published. The change has also altered how they’re edited. There are some universal manuscript needs, and authors need to know what those are before they hire...

Co-authors Felicia Low-Jimenez and Adan Jimenez (A.J. Low) spend a lot of time visiting schools to discuss their award-winning, middle-grade book series Sherlock Sam . They work with a dedicated school distributor in Singapore to schedule most events...

Author, writers group founder, and publishing consultant Patricia L. Brooks meets many people who want to write, or that have already started writing, but haven't yet tried to publish their work. She strongly encourages these writers to get started...

Author, writers group founder, and publishing consultant Patricia L. Brooks meets many people who want to write, or that have already started writing, but haven't yet tried to publish their work. She strongly encourages these writers to get started...

Apprentice University, Inc. founder Ron Brumbarger is a frequent speaker on mentoring. With over twenty-five years as former president and CEO of a major technology firm, he understands the value of both being a mentor and having good mentors to offer...

Author and musician W. Timothy Wright goes all in when he's working on something that he's passionate about. With his latest book, The Valley Boys , Wright made the time to write whenever he wasn't performing with The Wright Brothers Band. Getting himself...

One of the biggest struggles for new authors when it comes to book sales is being unrecognizable. Trying to sell books in a competitive market is difficult when no one knows an author’s name. Branding is one of the first steps in a marketing process...

Newspaper columnist, magazine editor, and author Bob Morris created the independent publishing company, Story Farm, during a less than ideal time. It was 2008, when the book world was being turned upside-down due to the recession, that Morris was presented...

Author Kathi Macias offers insights on the role and value of self-publishing, and weighs the pros and cons of self-publishing versus traditional publishing. Experts used to advise authors not to self publish because there wasn’t any marketing—you had...