A Newbie's Guide to Publishing

This is the second part of a post I began here , all about the different types of people who buy books, and the reasons they buy. In this en...

The first few weeks after your book is released, you won't be sleeping much. Part of that will be worry. But most if it will be hustle. ...

Books are sold one at a time. To individuals. The aren't sold to nameless, faceless masses. Each of those buyers has a name, and a face,...

My wife cornered me yesterday, demanding that I tell her which week I have available this summer so we could take a family vacation. We have...

Regular readers of A Newbie's Guide to Publishing know that I don't believe book advertising is cost-effective. Gregory Huffstutter ...

I spoke at a writers club in Geneva while ago, and prior to it one of the organizers took me out for a bite. Over paninis, I tried to articu...

The reason people visit any site on the world wide web is for content. They're looking for entertainment, information, or both. Creating...

I've created a new blog called The Anonymous Publishing Vent Club . Here's the low down: You're a writer. Or an editor. Or an ag...

An experiment (don't you love experiments?) I'm trying out some new software for this blog called Snap Preview which opens a window...

Would you like to write a blurb for Dirty Martini, the fourth Jack Daniels book? My publisher is sending out a small number of bound manuscr...