The 7 Habits Of Highly Successful Authors
The more I read how the successful authors do it, the more I realize that, like successful people in all walks of life, they all [Read More]
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8 Lessons From Legendary Authors That Will Improve Your Writing
By Chikodi Adeola Olasode Are you an aspiring author who’s wondering if it’s the right path? Perhaps you’re one of those struggling with the craft, [Read More]
Audiobooks: A Bad Investment For Independent Authors
Audiobooks are the new darlings of the publishing industry. In fact, audiobooks are currently the fastest-growing segment of the digital publishing world, accounting for more than [Read More]
8 Great Podcasts for Writers and Book Authors
There is a lot of writing advice out there. Perhaps you’ve signed up to read lots of blogs by email, you’ve bought some great writing-related books, [Read More]
How Authors Can Get the Most Out of Twitter
Nathan Bransford is the author of the Jacob Wonderbar series and How to Write a Novel, which NY Times bestselling author Ransom Riggs called “the [Read More]
Best and Worst Self-Publishing Services Rated by the Alliance of Independent Authors
The Watchdog Desk of The Alliance of Independent Authors monitors the self-publishing industry in two ways. 1. We have a Partner Membership for services which [Read More]
13 Free Tools for Authors That Take the Pain out of Self-Publishing
I started my author career as a father of three and military man deployed overseas. As you can imagine, I didn’t have a ton of [Read More]
Why Authors Are Earning Less Even As Book Sales Rise
A June 2018 report out from the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society found author earnings have dipped by 42% over the last ten years.Pexels.com HarperCollins [Read More]
Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited Is a Boon for Some Authors
For most of Prime Day, Amazon’s annual sales bonanza, an unfamiliar face topped the site’s Author Rank page: Mike Omer, a 39-year-old Israeli computer engineer [Read More]
Publishers are Paying Writers a Pittance, Say Bestselling Authors
Philip Pullman, Antony Beevor and Sally Gardner are calling on publishers to increase payments to authors, after a survey of more than 5,500 professional writers [Read More]
Why Authors Should Not Use Social Media
As an author, you’ve probably been told that being active on social media will help you sell your books. And maybe you’ve been doing all [Read More]
Book Marketing Announcements: The Authors Show Lineup For The Week Of June 4, 2018
Book Marketing serves as a resource for authors and allows members to engage in promotion and publicity for marketing purposes. The site offers no-charge marketing [Read More]
Romance Writer’s Bid to Stop Authors from Using Word ‘Cocky’ Fails in Court
Self-published author Faleena Hopkins asserted her right to the word, but judge calls attempt to stop other authors using it ‘weak’ Romance writers around the [Read More]
Listen Carefully, Book Lovers: Top Authors are Skipping Print for Audio
Successful writers like Michael Lewis, Robert Caro and Jeffery Deaver are part of a growing group of A-list authors bypassing print and releasing audiobook originals, [Read More]
1,340 Authors Earning $100,000/Year or More. Half of Them Are Indies
We had to share the following figures and statements from AuthorEarnings.com. The figures below and summary is from their May 2016 report. There is some [Read More]
Authors Venture Into the Wild Unknown in Fourth Annual Writers Adventure Camp
To some, an adventure camp might sound like an exhilarating, intensely physical, and potentially perilous activity. For writers, it’s an exciting opportunity to work on [Read More]
11 Classes Taught by Best-Selling Writers and Authors That Will Improve Your Writing Skills
Year after year, strong written communication skills top the list of employers’ most-desired qualities in hires, but good writing doesn’t come easily or instinctively to [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]
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]
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]