9 Manuscript Editing Software Programs Reviewed
Manuscript editing software programs do much more than the built-in spelling and grammar checkers in your word processor. Some offer “first-pass” or “last-pass” editing to [Read More]
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Does Your Competition or How You Publish Matter?
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” —Harry Truman There’s no doubt about it: publishing is [Read More]
5 Ways to Bring Positivity Back Into Online Content
The Internet can be a dark mirror to society’s mood. And if social media is any indicator, the current mood is negative. Across all content [Read More]
» 20 Publishers with Excellent Distribution That Accept Unsolicited Submissions
All of the publishers on this list sell thousands of copies of physical books. All of them have books that are available not just at [Read More]
‘Messy attics of the mind’: what’s inside a writer’s notebook?
Scribbled observations, dinner party conversations, flashes of perception … inspired by Henry James’s jottings, Paul Theroux, Susie Boyt and Amit Chaudhuri share their note-taking habits [Read More]
How Trump Is Shaking Up the Book Industry
America’s literary bubble is rethinking its identity. Donald Trump’s election victory plunged America’s elite, liberal and coastal circles into an identity crisis, as journalists and [Read More]
The 5 Best Times to Write
I sat at my computer first thing in the morning, and the words aren’t there. It is as if the curtain of my mind is [Read More]
This 1785 Dictionary of Vulgar Phrases Is a Hilarious Collection of Bad Words from the Past
Did your mom ever wash your mouth out with soap when you were a rambunctious little scamp? If she did, you definitely know the childish [Read More]
Book Marketing Announcements: The Authors Show Lineup For The Week Of April 2, 2018
WILMINGTON, NC, April 03, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ — Don McCauley of the Free Publicity Focus Group and Danielle Hampson, Executive Producer of The Authors Show, founders [Read More]
Writer bags publishing deal after wife persuades him to enter contest on ITV’s Lorraine
AN AMATEUR writer who thought he’d never make it as an author is now celebrating the release of his first children’s book. James Bishop has [Read More]
A 9-year-old published author
SINGAPORE: At the age of nine, Sofia Chen made history last year by becoming the youngest Singaporean author to land a major publishing deal in [Read More]
‘A nice set of curves if I do say so myself’: a Twitter lesson in how not to write women
A male author’s claim to be living proof that men can write authentic female characters has provoked glee online – but he’s not the worst [Read More]
How Women See How Male Authors See Them
On Easter Sunday, the writer and podcaster Whit Reynolds ripped open a Pandora’s box of secondary sex characteristics when she challenged her Twitter followers to [Read More]
Roane Publishing: Now Accepting Manuscript Submissions
Roane Publishing is a romance publisher that focuses on work ranging from sweet to spicy. Roane now also publishes erotica and fantasy. No romance element [Read More]
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Structural Language Is The Foundation Of A Great Story
Writers are wordsmiths. Everyone knows that. Writers pick and choose words, wrap them around each other, and use them to create parallel worlds to the [Read More]
Your Book Needs Editing, Design, and Marketing (even if CreateSpace no longer offers these author services)
Several years ago, I wrote a book that I planned to self publish. My company, BookBaby, didn’t have its own in-house editing service yet, so [Read More]
How to Publish a Print Book on Lulu (Video)
Lulu.com is the original self-publisher, offering print on demand services to meet your needs. LEARN MORE: Lulu: getpublished.lulu.com/ Facebook: facebook.com/Luludotcom/ Twitter: twitter.com/Luludotcom LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company-beta/13649 see [Read More]
The Death Row Book Club
The books were a big deal. Nobody had books on death row. They had never been allowed, and it was like someone had brought in [Read More]
Self-publishing is booming…but not for authors
The rule in business is — “It’s not what you expect, but what you inspect.” The self-publishing business is a model of high expectations and [Read More]