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This is so fun and exciting! I met Athena Dean way back in the early 90′s while attending a special publishing event – the Seattle Book Fair out on the pier. I was working as Director of Key Accounts for Word Publishing. It was the first time that I have ever been quoted in a . . . → Read More: Accomplish Your Goals with Effective Branding & Publishing by Athena Dean, guest blogger #publishing #selfpublishing #christian
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photo by askdavetaylor.com ______________________________________ Before I began working inside a book publishing house, I had written more than 50 nonfiction books, ranging from children’s to adult books. I had never self-published a book and always worked through traditional publishers. However, I was unaware . . . → Read More: Shocking News To Authors: “The Book Business Is A Business First” – Terry Whalin, guest blogger Leave a comment agent, Association of American Publishers, Author, Best practice, Blog, Book, book marketing, Books, booksellers, Bookselling, Business, children's book, Communication, Digital, E-Books, ebook, Education, Fiction, Independent bookstore, inspiration, Literacy, literary, Literature, Managing editor, Marketing strategy, Nonfiction, On-line book, Print on demand, Printing, Production, Promotion, Public relations, Publications, Publishing, Publishing Business, Self-Publishing, Social media, Social media marketing, virtual blog tour, Writer, Writing agent, authors, books, business, digital, ebooks, publishing, publishing business, selfpublishing, writing
Global is Achievable for the Self-Published Connecting with the U.S. market is tough enough; but achievable with intelligence, perseverance, and a good product. But well written books (even the ones coming from major publishers) are struggling to see daylight. Big box . . . → Read More: Global is Achievable for the Self-Published by Dan Wright, guest blogger One comment Advertising, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, Arts and Entertainment, Association of American Publishers, Author, book marketing, Books, Books writers, Bookseller, Bookselling, Christian novel, E-book, E-Books, ebook, Education, Facebook, Google Book Search, Library, literary, Literature, Marketing and Advertising, Marketing plan, Marketing strategy, Nashville, On-line book, Print on demand, Printing, Publishing, Publishing and Printing, Publishing Business, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, Retail, Retailing, Self-Publishing, Small press, Social media, Social media marketing, Social network, Social network service, Social Networking, Social relation, success, Textbook, Thomas Nelson, World Literature, World Wide Web Installment #2 from friend and Guest Blogger Kevin Cullis, Author, ‘Chief Business Geek’. Enjoy!~ Part 2: Surveying your book landscape, am I book worthy? About the AuthorKevin Cullis is self-described ‘business geek’ and a former Air Force officer and is an entrepreneur. He has his Masters Degree in . . . → Read More: "Surveying your book landscape, am I book worthy?" (Guest Blogger Kevin Cullis-Part 2)
Debates continue. Differing opinions flourish. Changes continue in real time.That is the world that we find ourselves in. That is true for our greater “global . . . → Read More: Publishing’s Biggest Changes… Publishing 2.0 Leads To A Fairer Risk & Reward Split Despite widespread denial from the majority of traditional bookstores, publishers and authors, the publishing game has been changing at an increasingly rapid pace since the emergence of the world wide web. The real tipping point, however, is only just being reached as Print On . . . → Read More: Guest Blogger: Joe Gregory, The "New Rules" of The Publishing Game – Part 1
…as a publishing consultant, I find this to be the #1 stumbling block…producing a book these days has gotten far easier…w/current technologies, eBook platforms, POD, digital host sites, etc… but, many new author/publishers are still try to “shoe-horn” this new way of access to publishing into an old model… The reality – objectives are . . . → Read More: #6 from fr: Eight Mistakes Self-Publishers Make… : Selling Books |
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Whenever I talk to people who are considering writing a book, I am always surprised at how many of them have not really considered the very basic questions. And, it is usually attention to those basic things which are so often overlooked, that are the 
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