E-books, fiction and non-fiction books published electronically on the Internet, are the latest publishing trend. Learn how to write an e-book and jump on the e-book bandwagon.
Many publishing houses won't even glance at a proposal unless it has come in through an agent. Agents with valuable connections can distribute your work and have the know-how and experience to...
Many of the articles you read in magazines started with a writer pitching an idea to an editor. The field of freelancing has a few land mines, particularly for first-time writers, so you'll need...
Conventional wisdom holds that you have only a couple minutes to convince an editor that your novel is worth buying. That makes every second critical to presenting your work in the best light....
Self-publishing can be a smart choice for writers. It's cost-effective, relatively fast, pays much better than standard royalty contracts, and lets you maintain control over the publishing...
Before you think about how to write a book, you should ask yourself why you are doing this. Writing a book is a time-consuming project that requires focus, discipline and planning to accomplish....
Whether you self-publish a book, publish with a small press, or get that mainstream press book deal, you’re probably going to have to hunt down book reviews. That’s right, even authors on a...
Technology has made it possible for everyone to have a library in their home and opened up the doors to many writers that feel shut out by the New York publishing houses. If your dream is to...
Print on Demand technology is the new wave of publishing. Authors of all stripes can now see their books in print. Self-publishing and Print on Demand are not necessarily one and the same. If...
They say, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” but this may be one of the falsest things every uttered. How many times have you not cracked open a book because the cover was terrible? The book...
They’ve always been around at the top, wordsmiths who craft an indelible phrase that defines a company. You can think of a good copy writer as a master of disciplined creativity. You won’t find...
Rejection hurts in any form. This is especially true of literary rejection. You put your soul down on paper only to find someone who says, “We don’t want it.”
Basically, anyone can sell a book on Amazon. If a book was printed in your garage (and it has an ISBN) Amazon will list it. As it’s one of the top destinations for buying books, this is very...
From my step by step guide, you will learn how to write an annotated bibliography. If you follow these step by step instructions, you can't go wrong.
How to organized a personal telephone book for the 21st century: A section for E-mail addresses with Passwords, a section for favorite web-sites- with passwords, username, etc. And than a section...
Getting your poem published requires as much time and effort as writing the poem. Still, there's no better proof that your poem is worth reading than to know that a publisher is asking readers to...
Many people ask, "How can you ever be finished with an autobiography?" The answer is simple. Write it in sections of your life. For example, limit it to sections of twenty-one years or another...
Everyone has had experiences in adulthood. Not all are good. Not all are bad, either. There is the boringness of finding places to live and a place to work. There is the excitement of dating, the...
Every grandparent knows that just because you have raised your children, that doesn't mean your job is done. You then have to help raise your grandchildren. Write about your grandparenting...
Book publishers are inundated with manuscripts from hopeful authors and they need to quickly sort those they will take time to read from those they can reject right away. An incorrectly formatted...
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