The Art of High-Quality Book Manufacturing: What Publishers Need to Know A book’s quality is as important as its content, from the paper’s feel to the binding’s durability. Production choices shape a reader’s experience and influence a book’s lifespan. Publishers…
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Writing from the Wreckage
Writing from the Wreckage I never planned to write a memoir. In fact, when my family was torn apart by an unthinkable tragedy—the death of one child and the near loss of another—I wasn’t thinking about writing at all. I…
Lose Your Manuscript? Follow These Steps to Keep From Losing Your Mind
Lose Your Manuscript? Follow These Steps to Keep From Losing Your Mind Few things are as devastating to a writer as losing a manuscript. Whether it’s a novel or personal journal, the countless hours spent crafting and perfecting your work…
Decorate Your Empty Nest with that Novel You’ve Always Wanted to Self-Publish
Decorate Your Empty Nest with that Novel You’ve Always Wanted to Self-Publish Do you have a manuscript collecting dust? Self-publish that manuscript and watch your novel come to life. The last five years of refining a novel, facing rejection, and…
Enhance Your Book’s Appeal
Enhance Your Book’s Appeal by Sandy Gould A Quick Guide to Cover Laminates and Coatings Choosing the right coating for your book is crucial to its marketing and sales success. Different laminates and coatings offer unique visual and tactile experiences,…
Self-Publishing Secret: 1 Powerful Strategy to Shoot Your Indie Author Biz to the Moon
Self-Publishing Secret: 1 Powerful Strategy to Shoot Your Indie Author Biz to the Moon Now that you’ve published your first book, you may be wondering what you can do to sell more books. As an indie author, every decision you…
How to Manage an Anthology
How to Manage an Anthology Compilation books, also called anthology books, seem to be popular these days. Probably because a chapter may not be tied to the next one making a quick read possible similar to a devotional. An anthology…
How to Increase Book Reviews through Pubby
How to Increase Book Reviews through Pubby I was so frustrated. Friends who had purchased my first two books kept promising they would write reviews. But weeks and months passed, and both books were stuck at fewer than five reviews….
How Friends and Family Can Benefit in Self-Publishing
How Friends and Family Can Benefit in Self-Publishing Should authors use friends and family in their book’s self-publishing process or just get professional help? This is an important question, especially for independent authors. Many may assume professionals cost too much…
Can a Christian Author Write for The General Market?
Can a Christian Author Write for The General Market? I was doing some research for a class I’m teaching at Mt. Hermon in 2024—Christians Writing For The General Market—and I discovered something that was very interesting… and very disturbing. In…
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