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The Author Learning Center may be the best resource for aspiring authors to...
You can find just about everything you need to know at the Author Learning Center. It hasn’t been around as some of the other resources aspiring authors can turn to to improve their craft and learn the...
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3 key takeaways from the San Francisco Writer’s Conference-2013 edition
This past weekend, I attended and spoke at the San Francisco Writer’s Conference. I would contend it is one of the best, if not the best writer’s conference, in the country. The variety of speakers and...
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3 more tips and a new term for publishing from Guy Kawasaki
Guy suggests self publishing should be called artisinal publishing. In a previous post, I made note of a key-note address given by Guy Kawasaki at the San Francisco Writers Conference which I thought...
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New film about the future of the book debuts at Tribeca film festival.
I suppose it was only a matter of time, but I was still surprised to see an announcement of a documentary film debuting a the Tribeca Film Festival, called Out of Print. This film, directed by Vivienne...
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Bestselling and prolific Goosebumps author, R.L. Stine shares how he comes up...
At the San Francisco Writer’s conference this past year, R.L. Stine, bestselling author of the Goosebumps series gave an amazing keynote address. He had some great insights for all authors, but the...
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The 2nd Gutenberg Effect: How self-publishing is creating exciting new...
This past week, I had the pleasure and opportunity to speak at the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference, which is one of the premier conferences for writers and authors focused on the...
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The 2nd Gutenberg Effect: Examples of how it is helping Christian...
In my most recent post, I published the text of the closing address I gave at the Blue Ridge Christian Writers Conference titled, The 2nd Gutenberg Effect: How self-publishing is creating exciting new...
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Now on C-SPAN2 (BOOKTV): Self-Publishing: Disruptor or Defender of the Book...
The title of the this blog post was actually the name of a panel I had the privilege of sitting on at Book Expo America. It was moderated by Chris Kenneally, business development director for Copyright...
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Libraries are selling e-books. What impact will that have on retailers and...
In the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal, an article ran under the headline Libraries Check Out E-Sales. Subscribers to the Journal can view the complete article on-line, but if you haven’t...
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Author Cliff Adelman shares what inspired him to write The Russian Embassy...
One of the great joys of my current job is meeting and speaking to many authors. I am always interested and amazed to hear their stories of what inspired them to write and by their willingness to help...
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7 predictions on what’s next for self-publishing.
This past week I had the opportunity to participate in a panel at the Writers Digest West Conference, with the title, The New Frontiers of Self-Publishing. The panel was moderated by Phil Sexton from...
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5 trends every author should watch as self-publishing evolves
Recently, I was asked what I believed to be the next big trends or issues around self publishing. As I thought about it and shared my ideas, I thought it might also make a good blog post. See if you...
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5 signs you are not ready to publish a book yet
The Indie Revolution in publishing has been a wonderful development. It has removed the barriers that used to exist between authors and readers and made it possible for anyone who has a manuscript to...
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My most popular post by far: The 5 essential elements of every great story.
One of the great things about the WordPress blog platform is the analytics it provides. With them, you can tell what posts get the most views and what search terms are bringing people to your blog, I...
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Holding your book for the first time. Hear what it is like from these authors.
In conjunction with the release of its 225,000th title, Author Solutions has released a video titled, “Special Delivery: Holding Your Book for the First Time.”. This unique compilation captures a range...
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Even in the media drenched times in which we live, books still impact lives...
A number of years ago, I wrote a white paper titled, The Democratization of Publishing. I suggested then that one of the key benefits of self publishing was not just getting to market quicker or...
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Being blind since birth hasn’t stopped Craig McFarlane for doing anything...
There can be many obstacles to publishing a book, but for Craig MacFarlane, being blind was not one of them. In his book, Craig MacFarlane Hasn’t Heard of You Either, he tells his remarkable...
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My 2nd most popular post: The 7 key elements of a great book cover
One of the great things about analytics on a blog is they tell you what people are reading most and what search terms they use to find your blog. My post popular blog post by far is The 5 Essential...
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Science says reading print books provides a number of pretty interesting...
Recently, someone forwarded me a link to an article, titled Science Has Great News for People Who Read Actual Books, on a site called Mic.com, which I had seen before. In this fascinating article,...
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From book to screen in 8 years: Still Alice movie released this weekend
For those of you follow this blog, you will know I have periodically mentioned the book Still Alice written by Lisa Genova. It was originally self published with iUniverse and then went on to be a best...
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