Lee Klancher, publisher at Octane Press, discusses using photos from the internet in your book. The key to this is remembering that the rights of a photo belong always to the photographer. It’s relatively easy to find (1) find the photographer and...

Michael Hyatt, New York Times bestselling author and former CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, offers insight for Christian writers and how to manage the common concern over "selling" yourself and your work. If you struggle with this, thinking a Christian...

Agent Laurie McLean offers a thorough explanation of what digital marketing is and why it's important to authors. She provides descriptions of the tools and techniques available, like podcasting, blogging, twitter, Facebook, and more... and she offers...

Author Kathy Ide shares some common misconceptions about working with a ghostwriter to publish a book. Most authors don't realize how much skill and work is involved in working with a ghostwriter to produce a marketable book. Ghostwriting is expensive...

Author Derrick Garland Coy offers helpful tips about what makes a great memoir— first, ask yourself why you are writing it. Coy explains the motivation behind writing his own memoir, and he hopes that his story will inspire other tentative authors...

Kathleen Ortiz, Sub rights Director and Agent at Nancy Coffey Literary Agency, is an experienced digital strategist. She discusses how her agency is leveraging the ebook format and other efforts to improve an author's position. She also shares her thoughts...

Expert agent Bill Gladstone has published his book, The Twelve , all around the world, and its success, while the product of hard and careful work, surprised even him. In this interview, he tells us the things he believes led to his book's success...

It can be scary to open yourself and your work up to criticism in a writing group, especially if it is not the right group of people for you. But peer critique and writing groups are a necessary step in the writing and editing process to get your book...

Author and publishing consultant PJ Campbell shares 25 book proposal tips for authors. Many of these tips will sound familiar to us, but all of them are insightful and grounded in reality. Saying something like "do your homework," might sound simple...

Author Derrick Garland Coy offers helpful tips about what makes a great memoir— first, ask yourself why you are writing it. Coy explains the motivation behind writing his own memoir, and he hopes that his story will inspire other tentative authors...