Getting your book into a bookstore can be an exciting goal to achieve. Much of the work required to get a book onto a bookstore shelf starts at the very beginning of the publishing process. Carol Hoenig, author, publishing consultant, and bookstore...

Love is the foundation of everything that author and book PR/marketing expert A.G. Billig creates. From her two published books, to her Self-Publishing Mastery website, to her two novel manuscripts in the works, Billig allows this underlying theme of...

If you are considering publishing a book on your own through either a self-publishing service provider or online DIY platform, it's important to consider your long-term goals as an author, per attorney Greg Victoroff. Do you wish to make a career out...

Getting your book into a bookstore can be an exciting goal to achieve. Much of the work required to get a book onto a bookstore shelf starts at the very beginning of the publishing process. Carol Hoenig, author, publishing consultant, and bookstore...

Creating a collection of your short work, whether fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, can be a good publishing strategy when you have many works in your portfolio. Professor and author Donna Arthur Downs has a large portfolio of personal essays and poetry...

Authors have an overwhelming amount of publishing options these days, so it's important to understand the pros and cons associated with each option. Self-published author Guy Morris has a background in program management, so he felt confident that he...

Signing a contract is both exciting and terrifying for first-time authors. For those who don’t work in the publishing industry, it’s incredibly difficult to know whether or not a contract is fair for the author. José Pablo Iriarte, author and educator...

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...

Author Nina Amir describes the role and value of an editor and why it's so important for authors to leverage these experts. It's particularly important for self-published authors to hire a professional editor since they don't have a traditional publishing...

The decision whether or not to get an MFA is a tough one for writers. Is it really valuable? Do we need it to get published? For author Wendy Tokunaga, MFA’s are a privilege, not a necessity. She says, "I didn't go into the MFA program because I...