Best-selling author Deb Caletti shares her inspiring journey to publication. She overcame an abusive marriage to become a best-selling author. Using her writing as an outlet, Caletti refused to give up her dream of becoming a published author. She...

While traditional publishing is still relevant, technology has provided new opportunities for publishing and marketing a book. As Eleanor Vincent explains, eBooks have opened up a whole new realm that allows authors to reach a much broader audience....

It can take two to three years to bring a novel to market via traditional publishing--and that wait can kill careers, says Regency romance and fantasy writer Donna Hatch. That's why she chose to self-publish, and it is yielding success. Hatch launched...

Authors may be most surprised that their book ends up not being solely theirs. In traditional channels, you sell publishers the right to publish your book--compromise is a big part of the process. Co-authors Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark, recently...

If you manage to get a contract with a traditional publisher, that’s a great accomplishment; about 250,000 books are traditionally published each year, whereas about 770,000 are self published. So if you ever are approached by a traditional publisher...

Stuart Connelly knew that the 40th anniversary of the Attica Correctional Facility uprising served as a hook to drive interest and visibility for his book, "Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation." Luckily, he found an...

For some authors, it doesn't make sense to pursue a traditional publisher and national distribution. Bestselling author Mark Accettura describes why self-publishing was a better choice: not only did it give him more control, it helped him speak directly...

When you're pursuing a traditional publishing contract, you may wonder exactly what you can expect from a publisher. Usually, the responsibilities of the author and publisher are clearly stated in a contract. The publisher promises to take care of...

Traditional publishing involves many steps and a lot of details along the way. Senior editor Beena Kamlani walks us through the book publishing journey to describe how a book gets published. The players involved: the acquiring editor, advocate for...

Not all agents currently handle self-published books. About six months ago, I interviewed a lot of agents I know for a blog article I was working on. A lot of them said, “Are you kidding? I would never handle a self-published book. Those people are crazy;...