Journalist and author Hiawatha Bray discusses how technology has impacted bookstores. There's a shift to more people reading e-books and ordering books online, instead of going to a local bookstore. Bray feels that bookstores are in a state of crisis...

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...

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...

A lifelong fanatic of Star Wars, award-winning author Ken Liu never imagined he would be invited to contribute to the Star Wars universe, but that's exactly what happened. He received an email from Lucasfilm Publishing, inviting him to discuss a potential...

To get your self-published book into a bookstore, you need to know the best practices of approaching a bookstore. Julie Wernersbach, publicist for the leading American indie bookstore, BookPeople, in Austin, Texas, offers her insider advice on how...

Upon meeting his hero, Harvey MacKay, author Steve Harper became more compelled to try self-publishing because of the benefits it offers, including greater creative control. Harper did just that and wouldn't trade the experience. His biggest piece...

Occaisonally an unknown author will strike gold with a bestselling book that progresses to lucrative public speaking events. But if you don't have a high-profile position at a university or association with a think tank, for example, create your persona...

Everyone’s relationship with their editor is different. You get to know your editor, because you work most closely with them, and in many publishing houses, if you have the opportunity to promote your book, you’re going to get to know a publicist. It...

I want to share what I’ve learned over the past few years about what it takes to get published. Authors are an elite few. Why is that? Having an idea for a book is pretty easy. Starting a book is even easy. But writing to the finish is a difficult task...

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...