Getting started on Amazon and understanding all of the beneficial tools that are available can be an intimidating process for new authors. Join publishing and marketing expert Amy Collins as she reviews setting up a seller account and the publishing...

How to Easily Submit Writing to Magazines, Publishers, and Contests For writers, getting your work published and recognized is a step toward realizing your goals as an author. However, finding the right contests or publications can be a challenging...

Have you started writing a nonfiction book that you are struggling to finish? Do you have an idea for a book but don’t know how to get started? Now you can start and finish your book sooner rather than later following the 7-step process that forms...

Editors at publishing houses and film producers are both driven by marketing, by the big idea, by projects that they know they can sell. I think a lot of editors will still say they want to discover the next big voice. That’s true, and having an original...

A Skype tour for authors is a great online promotional tool for writers of young adult and children’s books. If this is your genre, it will help you market your published book. Through the website you can connect with other authors, librarians and even...

Some memoirs beg for wide audiences. These are destined for publication. The professionally published memoir must be a focused story with broad appeal. It will reveal a facet or narrow time frame of your life. Your themes must have universal appeal ...

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