Bruce K. Hollingdrake – How it Happened and Why it’s Good for All of us, even Publishers By Chris Lunda Author of The Voodoo Prophecies trilogy So, you have written your first novel or perhaps you are nearing its completion and toying with the idea of self publishing. But what about the nullifying labels created by the literary … Read more
This is a Guest Post by Lynden Gillis of http://www.GetFisk.com The current craft of writing is now evolving as the world is evolving – faster than ever before. This evolution is dictated by technology. Within a year or two, over 90 % of Americans will spend an average of two and a half hours a … Read more
The significant increase in popularity of online bookstores over the last decade has had a monumental impact on offline bookstores, covering all facets of their business. Online bookstores offer a number of advantages over physical stores; these physical stores have tried to counteract these advantages by capitalising on areas in which online stores are unable … Read more
By Bill Duncan Over my nearly forty years in business, I have authored six and one-half books (one of them is still in work). The first four were non-fiction business books, and were published by traditional publishing houses like AMACOM. The other non-fiction book was self-published using Dog Ear Publishing. These days I am writing fiction, and I … Read more
A Guest Post by Isaac Soloman, author of EMANUEL STONE AND THE PHOENIX SHADOW Book signings are a great way for authors to meet their readers. For the debut author it is daunting: you are planning a huge party for folks you do not know and are not sure they will turn up. Below are … Read more
A guest post by Brandon Christopher, author of The Job Pirate As both a novelist and freelance copywriter-for-hire, I have discovered two very different processes of writing—one for the literary voice, and one for the advertising voice. Both are living, breathing methods of putting thoughts onto paper, yet both styles of wordsmithing are as different … Read more
A Guest Post by author Lance Manion ¡Viva la Revolución! The more articles I see about how self-publishing is ruining the literary world the happier I get. The establishment is finally waking up to the fact that their influence is going to start to wane. Cocktail parties, press junkets and Harvard class reunions are no … Read more
Give your eyes a break and listen to these book related podcasts – including author interviews, live readings and interesting facts from the literary world. 1. The New Yorker: Fiction : A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman. 2. Litopia A podcast from the Litopia Writer’s Colony 3. Longform A weekly conversation with … Read more
