Find out about our new partnership with Pubslush, an impressive platform that allows authors to raise money to create, produce and promote their work. Laura takes you on a site wallkthrough, and then sits down with Pubslush VP Amanda Barbara.
Laura will even show you our own section on
Just as political candidates and parties need platforms, so do writers. We build those platforms through our online efforts and through public appearances/speaking. Many of us prefer using social media. It can be done within the privacy of our homes. If, however, you are ignoring using public speaking to promote
Imagine you’re the captain of the good ship D.I.Y. Book Promotion. You’re heading straight into the seas of indifference and your boat is chugging hard. Your author website should function like the prow of the ship, helping to cut through those vast and stormy
Starting in the 90s and continuing through the aughts, the music industry utterly imploded. The old ways (get a record deal, record in a high-end studio, depend on your label to distribute and promote) disappeared and the new ways (record it yourself, distribute it digitally, promote via social networks
Here’s a question from a Fightin’ Bookworm for our Social Media Expert Guide Melissa Giovagnoli (G) Wilson:
Dear Melissa,
I am a previously-published author who will be self-publishing an illustrated digital children’s book optimized for the pixel-dense iPad 3. An experienced artist from Sweden is collaborating with me, and
by Joan Stewart
You've sold a book. Congratulations! Your work is done. Right?
Wrong. Your work is just beginning.
Those who have been around in the publishing business long enough remember the old marketing methods. ARCs (Advanced Reading Copies) were mailed to bookstore owners and reviewers. Postcards were sent to a reading list,
We all know that blogging is one of the best ways to get attention in today’s Internet world. A blog is a godsend to your website, bringing it traffic, fans, and more. But you have to post regularly: twice a week or more.
Are you like me and need a “Multimedia for Dummies” book? My children and my grandchildren typically regard me with pity when I ask for help with anything technological, including working the apps on my new cell phone.