Author Bernice McFadden muses that what happened to the record industry is going to happen with books. She believes that self-published authors can reach a wider audience with their creative freedom.

Too often an author secures an agent to represent their interests when selling the rights to their book and backs off, thinking that's the agent's job now. And it is the agent's job--but there's quite a bit a savvy author can do to help make that agent...

Leah Nicholson, production manager at The Jenkins Group, discusses the most important services for a new author to consider when publishing a book. Click here to play this audio clip

Author of "Bella" and "Bootlicker," Steve Piacente, discusses marketing tips for self-published authors.

Lauren Hesse, assistant digital manager of Doubleday Books, shares insight on improving your chances of getting picked up by a traditional publisher.

The founder of The Bent Agency discusses the difficulty of selling a first novel and how today's market is looking for commercial genres like suspense, mystery, and women's fiction as well as how ebooks are impacting the market.

Dover Publications, a leading publisher for coloring books, recently established National Coloring Book Day on August 2nd, 2015, which has greatly increased the awareness and audience for this genre. Adult coloring book author and artist, Rozine Prock...

Dover Publications, a leading publisher for coloring books, recently established National Coloring Book Day on August 2nd, 2015, which has greatly increased the awareness and audience for this genre. Adult coloring book author and artist, Rozine Prock...

Author Tom Angleberger discusses how he became very discouraged with the traditional publishing process and almost gave up on his dream...until he found the right agent to represent his work.

Self-published fantasy author Matthew Ballard's initial distribution plan was to go wide and sell his books through all online channels including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, and Google Play. After he discovered about 95% of his sales were done through...