Your "About the Author" should be a lot more than just your resume or a long, boring list of your achievements. What should it include if you want to sell more books and generate more business for your nonfiction book? Cathy Fyock, author of The Speaker...

Just as authors can find value in adding public speaking to their tool box, public speakers often have great material for writing a book. Speaker and author Francis Cholle, winner of the USA Book News award for “Best Books 2011? in the Business Motivational...

Just as authors can find value in adding public speaking to their tool box, public speakers often have great material for writing a book. Speaker and author Francis Cholle, winner of the USA Book News award for “Best Books 2011? in the Business Motivational...

Author and speaker Steve Schiffman explains the importance of presentation and personal development when expanding your writing business. He also explains that writing a book can be beneficial to business in one of two ways: Books can supplement an...

Writing a clear table of contents for a nonfiction book is critical. Shelia Heen, co-author of “Thanks for the Feedback,” discusses heading and table of contents best practices. She stresses that headings are one of the most important parts of business...

Writing a clear table of contents for a nonfiction book is critical. Shelia Heen, co-author of “Thanks for the Feedback,” discusses heading and table of contents best practices. She stresses that headings are one of the most important parts of business...

Author and speaker Steve Schiffman explains the importance of presentation and personal development when expanding your writing business. He also explains that writing a book can be beneficial to business in one of two ways: Books can supplement an...

Some memoirs beg for wide audiences. These are destined for publication. The professionally published memoir must be a focused story with broad appeal. It will reveal a facet or narrow time frame of your life. Your themes must have universal appeal ...

Artist and author Steve Alpert explains how he transitioned from being an artist to having a career as an author. He was fortunate enough to discover he had a different calling in life. It wasn't until he was forced to confront the need to transition...

Literary agent Adam Chromy offers ideas for developing fiction and nonfiction book ideas and using media to prove the concept of a book before trying to publish it. From a publisher's point of view, he explains an author's responsibilities of writing...