When I signed my first publishing contract with Health Communications over a decade ago, I was a bit of an anomaly. I didn’t have any experience in the field I wrote about. I had no platform and I made every mistake in the book. But I was persistent. I took advice to heart. I found […]
Harper Lee’s Editor on the New Book, Which He Only Learned About ‘Yesterday’
The upcoming arrival of Harper Lee’s second novel, Go Set a Watchman, came as just as much of a shock to people in the publishing industry as it did to the rest of us. Even Hugh Van Dusen, Lee’s editor at HarperCollins, didn’t learn about the book’s existence until yesterday. Van Dusen, who’s been working […]
Top 10 Book Marketing Tips in 2015
Book marketing is extremely difficult for most authors. This is especially true within a digital marketing environment, which in lots of ways is a mirror or reverse image of how marketing is performed in the traditional way. Effective book marketing is not only telling people in regards to a book. Book marketing is telling readers […]
The Right Marketing for a New Business Costs Least
The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. But startups need to remember that even zero paid media doesn’t mean that marketing […]
Those Were the Days My Friend…I Thought They’d Never End! by Sara Beatrice Sober
About the book This is the story of a little girl born on the Lower East Side, in New York City, of immigrant parents from Austria and Germany. An artistically talented woman who overcame her losses at an early age and developed her talents with her tenacity and determination. How and why she became known […]
Loveless In The Nam by Jim Boersema
About the book “Throughout history, we have valued such traits as bravery, loyalty and fortitude. For the soldiers who served in the Vietnam War, as in all wars, these qualities were a must. And yet, what about luck?” Loveless in the Nam delves into the early life of Colonel Frank Loveless, a veteran of several […]
33 Tips to Successfully Market a Book
The most expensive part of publishing is a mistake. If you can avoid the most common traps into which unsuccessful publishers fall you increase your chance of success significantly. You may be on the right path to publishing success, but heading in the wrong direction. These 33 tips will be your GPS to becoming more […]
Time Management for Creative Types
Time management sounds like such a dry topic, but it’s really about letting some things go so that you can do what you love. These two strategies won’t work for everyone, and it’s of critical importance to discern which strategy works best for you. Strategy 1: Creative Mayhem Elizabeth Gilbert is my success icon. She’s […]
Grammar’s Most Misunderstood Punctuation Mark
By Writer’s Relief staff: Today we tackle a subject that has sharply divided writers for generations. Those of you with delicate constitutions may want avert your eyes. For those writers willing to go where many dare not tread, we’re talking about that grammatical black sheep—the semicolon. Some writers view the semicolon with disdain. American writer […]
BookWhirl Announces the Launching of Book Preview Program
Summary: The self-publishing company has launched additional book marketing platform, which involves creating a preview of a book to be displayed on different online bookstores. GREEN BAY, WI (12/4/2014)—BookWhirl Publishing, an online book marketing and publishing services provider, kicks off another book marketing platform to be added on the company’s marketing products. Book Preview Program […]
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