Authors: If you have a book just months from publication, you might be so busy preparing for it that you forget about the websites, magazines and newsletters that librarians read before deciding what books to buy for their collections.

The U.S. alone has an estimated 121,785 … [Read more...]

When Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield wrote their first "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book, they traveled to New York City to meet with about 12 publishers.

Their agent came, too. After two days … [Read more...]

This guest post was written by author Magdalena Ball, whose most recent novel, Black Cow, will be released by Bewrite Books later this year. She lives in New South Whales, Australia. Visit http://www.magdalenaball.com for more information on her work .

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Here's one more reason to make sure your ebooks are available for the Nook (the Barnes & Noble e-reader) and Amazon's Kindle. In a review in … [Read more...]

Many of my friends have written books, so I've heard one sob story after another on how long it takes. One author I know spent four years writing her book, and another frustrating year rewriting, proofreading and doing all the other little things associated with finally getting it onto the shelves in bookstores. If this sounds like you, or if you … [Read more...]

When I shared a link on my Facebook page to the replay of a webinar I hosted recently with Daniel Hall on how to format an ebook for the Nook, Barnes & Noble's eReader, one of my fans wanted to know if formatting books individually for different eReaders was better than simply … [Read more...]