Sue Collier | March 31, 2011
I was inspired to write today’s blog post after reading a recent post from The Book Designer, Joel Friedlander. His post, When Self-Published Book Design Goes Bad, resonated with a lot of people, including me. In a nutshell, the post talks about what to do when an enthusiastic self-publishing author decides to excessively tweak a [...]
Sue Collier | March 30, 2011
My team and I come across so many useful websites, I thought it would handy to put them together in a regular blog series. So a couple times a month, I’ll be listing a few of them in a new series called “Webtips for Authors and Self-Publishers.” If you have or know of a website [...]
Sue Collier | March 28, 2011
Here is some of what’s happening in publishing right now: From Media Bistro: Hatchette now reporting ebooks as 23 percent of US market Hachette Livre C.E.O. Arnaud Nourry was interviewed by the French daily newspaper LeFigaro last week and he reported some startling statistics. From Publishers Weekly: Google settlement is rejected In a stunning setback, [...]
Sue Collier | March 25, 2011
I was thrilled when I first read that indie author Amanda Hocking was looking at a traditional house book deal, possibly worth millions. I don’t read her genre of fiction (paranormal), but I’ve admired her success and her level-headedness (she’s just 26 years old). Maybe I’m naïve, but I seriously expected everyone to be just as [...]
Sue Collier | March 21, 2011
Here is some of what is happening in publishing right now: From Michael Hyatt Intentional Leadership: Three reasons why authors must develop their own platforms In order for authors to be successful in today’s publishing environment, they need two things: a compelling product and a significant platform. Many authors are under the mistaken notion that if they [...]
Sue Collier | March 20, 2011
I’m pretty stoked about this! AMERICAN SOCIETY OF JOURNALISTS AND AUTHORS ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2011 WRITING AWARDS New York, NY — The American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) today announced the recipients of its annual writing awards, honoring the outstanding nonfiction work produced on a freelance basis during the past year. “Compelling writing always [...]
Sue Collier | March 14, 2011
Here is some of what is happening in publishing right now: From Publetariat: Amanda Hocking the exception not the rule The web has been abuzz lately (for example) with stories of Amanda Hocking’s incredible self-publishing success (and similar success by other indies). In a nutshell, Hocking has nine self-published works available on Kindle (and other [...]
Sue Collier | March 11, 2011
I read an excellent post over on Matt About Business titled Online Options for Printing Your Self-Published Book. Consultant Susan Daffron explains in crystal-clear terms the options available to self-publishing authors for getting their books in print. She writes, “Unfortunately, many options for turning your manuscript into a book are expensive and some are out [...]
Sue Collier | March 10, 2011
I’m pleased to present today’s post by guest author John B. McHugh. Jack and I go back many years to when he was my boss at the American Society for Quality in Milwaukee, and I consider him one of my early mentors. He always has practical advice — particularly on the business of publishing. This is [...]
Sue Collier | March 7, 2011
Here’s some of what’s happening in publishing right now: From The Creative Penn: Signed e-books—really? As a digital publisher, we get challenged on the fact that our books aren’t ‘real’. A person can’t hold the paper, they can’t smell the glue – it’s not a tangible product. I personally disagree, books aren’t paper and ink [...]
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