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The Qualities of Successful Information Products If someone asked you "What's the biggest chunk of the U.S. economy?"... you probably wouldn't say "information." Yet, information products ARE the fastest growing market. If you're creating and publishing anything for the informa...
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Marina Oliver on Publishing Romance In part I of this interview with Romance writer Marina Oliver, we discussed what it takes to write a romance novel. In this second part, Marina talks about publishing and promoting your book. After all, what good is your book if nobody knows it exist...
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Self-Publishing? Watch Out for POD Sharks! In a recent interview with Angela Hoy of Booklocker (www.booklocker.com) and Writers Weekly (www.writersweekly.com), we asked her what she thought ab...
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Print on Demand Versus Offset Printing Talk to someone who has only used offset printing, and they'll swear that print on demand is for amateurs. Print on demand advocates, on the other hand, will tell you that offset printing is a waste of money. Who's right? As it turns out, nei...
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Traditional Publishers Released Fewer Books in 2005 Traditional Publishers Released Fewer Books in 2005 and Why This is Good For Writers Who Want to Self-Publish: Faced with declining sales and rising paper costs, traditional publishers released 18,000 fewer books in 2005 than in 2004 and there is no ...
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Writing the Query Letter The query letter is your sales letter to a potential editor or publisher. Although most often used for magazine articles and non-fiction books, the query letter can also be used for fiction. Writing a killer query letter is essential to the success...
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FAQ - Do all Writers Need a Literary Agent? A literary agent represents the author of a book to publishers. In other words, the main job of a literary agent is to find writers a publisher. Agents also negotiate rights, including film and TV, on behalf of the author they represent. Most li...
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Why This Successful Self-Published Author Said NO to Traditional Publishing Why did successful self-publisher Michael Sterns tell traditional publishers to look the other way? While most authors are bending over backwards (and hurting themselves) to get contracts with traditional publishers, Michael Sterns went the other dir...
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Massive Book Publishing Growth Predicted The proliferation of home computers, internet connections and digital imaging has combined to re-invent a once considered “obsolete” industry. More books are being printed than ever before and distribution channels for them are evolving t...
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How to Write a Winning Book Proposal The top two reasons your book proposal will succeed or fail. Last year I wrote a book proposal for a first-time author that netted her a $30,000 advance. The editor at Wiley & Sons said that it was “the best book proposal he’d ev...
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First Time Self-Publishers: Find a Mentor I wish I'd had a mentor when I was going through the process of self-publishing my book. I was, to put it mildly, clueless. There is so much to know, and so little reliable information that it's a wonder I even got my book published. Ready...
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From Zine to Teen Queen and Back: What Happens After Your Book is Published Zoe Trope took copious note while blazing through the hollow halls of High School in her 2003 HarperCollins memoir, Please Don’t Kill the Freshman. Keeping a record of what was not being taught in class and the hormonal sport that s...
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Thinking Inside the Box: DIY Book Making and Selling Chicagoan Rob Christopher is the author of a book that’s not really a book. Call it more of a literary object. His first collection of writings, 100 Spinning Plates, doesn’t even fit on a shelf. In fact, it isn’t even bound. Also check ou...
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Why Does This Publisher Suggest You Avoid POD? We interviewed one of the largest and most successful print on demand (POD) publishers and were quite surprised by what they had to say. Did we hear them right? Authors should avoid using print on demand services? Hmm... Read more to see what they re...
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Taming The Nonfiction Book Proposal Taming the Nonfictin Book Proposal: The Basics Oh, that most maddening of documents! For so many of us eager to move forward with our nonfiction projects, it looms large like a guard at the queen's castle, blocking the path to publicatio...
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