Authors, especially self-publishing authors, often hear they have to do everything themselves. And sometimes that's true, but that doesn't mean they can't take advantage of the same traditional media channels that authors and publishers have always used...

When starting to market your book, it can be difficult to decide which online platforms to use. Often, writers want to use them all and the amount of responsibility that comes with blogs, social media, podcasts, etc. quickly overwhelms them. Media...

Bestselling author Mark Accettura talks about his bestselling book, which details why families fight about inheritance and how this can lead to elder abuse. Accettura wanted to understand why people fight the way they do, starting from evolutionary...

Rhiannon Frater is a wildly successful, award-winning indie author of the As the World Dies trilogy and three other books. She was recently picked up by a traditional publisher after building an enormous cult following of fans. She is a master at building...

Meg Walker, president and director at Tandem Literary, discusses how to create a social media presence as an author. She advises starting to build a social media following early, rather than waiting for your book to come out. She also recommends only...

Award-winning journalist and author, Nina Burleigh, who wrote the New York Times Bestselling book The Gift of Fatal Beauty (an Amanda Knox story), describes her experiences with radio and television interviews. She defines why she likes each one, which...

When starting to market your book, it can be difficult to decide which online platforms to use. Often, writers want to use them all and the amount of responsibility that comes with blogs, social media, podcasts, etc. quickly overwhelms them. Media...

Jeff Kleinman, the founder of Folio Literary Management, defines the two categories of nonfiction and explains why building an author platform as a nonfiction writer is essential. Nonfiction has two categories: narrative storytelling and how-to. To get...

You know you want an agent. And you know lawyers are involved, but have you even heard of a literary manager before? If you haven't, let agent Luke Sandler tell you a little about what each person does when in comes to the book business, and how he suggests...

We create time for what is important to us, says author and productivity expert Maura Thomas, of RegainYourTime.com, who shares strategies on how to give back to the community in a more fulfilling way. For example, it is easier to skim a percentage off...