To many people, Joel Fotinos, vice president and publisher at Tarcher-Penguin, leads a busy life, filled with his day job, books, classes, travel and speaking engagements. But to Fotinos, it's a matter of perspective. He sees it as one activity: helping...

National Bestselling author (The Wednesday Sisters) Meg Waite Clayton writes every day. She explains how this discipline and perseverance is central to her success. She also talks about how she balances writing with the other tasks related to being a...

Book marketing advisor and Author Connections President Beth Kallman Werner was inspired by the story of famous book editor Max Perkins during her masters degree studies. She didn't initially pursue a career in publishing, but after spending many years...

Author and editor Elaine Ash says doors open for authors not because of connections or promotions, but because of good material that is exciting for readers. If the first paragraph of your manuscript has a fresh voice and draws people in, you are off...

Books don't sell themselves, says author Carolyn Howard-Johnson, who shares marketing strategies for new writers. What's needed: a good query letter that reveals something about you, the author, whether you've been published or not. Describe what you...

All writers, no matter the genre, need to understand the dos and don'ts when writing dialogue. To make dialogue believable and authentic, author Carolyn Howard-Johnson recommends listening to the natural way that people talk, even recording people when...

Called “compulsively readable” ( Vogue ), Little Monsters , the debut novel from Adrienne Brodeur, NYTs bestselling author of Wild Game: A Memoir , “distinguishes [Brodeur] as a novelist of first rank” ( Publishers Weekly ). Brodeur discusses the inner...

Enter any bookstore and you will find colorful displays of featured books. Have you ever wondered how bookstores determine which books to feature? In chain bookstores, book placement is handled on the corporate levels part of a distribution package...