[This is the first of four excerpts from Jonathan R. Husband's essay about his publishing experiences as a first-time indie author, written for the benefit of other BAIPA authors. In BAIPA, he is known as John Cammidge. -- BAIPA blog editor, Linda … [Read more...]
From Pen To Published – Redwood Writers Conference
Redwood Writers invites you to journey “From Pen to Published!” at all-day event, Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the Bertolini Student Center of Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa 8:00 am – 5:30 pm. Morning Keynote … [Read more...]
When it Comes to Pitching the Media, Less Is More
By Joan Stewart The Publicity Hound It's a common mistake, and authors make it repeatedly. They create a one-size-fits-all pitch about their book, or an upcoming event, and they blast it to the masses. Their thinking goes like this. Let's say an … [Read more...]
Does Being a Man Sell More Books?
Spotted on romance writer Kayci Morgan's blog: What I enjoy most about self-publishing is experimenting. Figuring out what works and what doesn't. It's like piecing together a big puzzle. One of the things I attempted was to publish under a male … [Read more...]
Fascinating article and interesting data about our industry
Just saw this in the pod_publishers Yahoo group and felt it was important to share with all of you. Please read it through and post your comments. Also, feel free to share elsewhere. http://authorearnings.com/the-report/ … [Read more...]
What’s an Independent Publisher?
So, I was astonished earlier this month to find myself elected president of BAIPA — the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association. You may call me Mr. President. (Actually, please don't!) Born in the early, heady days of the desktop … [Read more...]
February 2014 San Francisco Writers Conference
2014 SAN FRANCISCO WRITERS CONFERENCE. It’s a Celebration of Craft, Commerce and Community for Writers--February 13th-17th at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. Featuring: Julie Kagawa, USA Today & NY Times bestselling author of The Iron Fey series; Barry … [Read more...]
Writing by Voice
By Joseph T. Sinclair About ten years ago I investigated voice recognition software, which I found to be surprisingly accurate but not accurate enough to be useful for writing a book by voice (dictating). Nonetheless, I wrote a short book by voice … [Read more...]
What Business Are You In? (Hint: It's not writing or publishing) – By Mike Larsen
If you think you’re just in the writing or the publishing business, prepare for poverty and obscurity. If you want to be a successful writer in the Digital Age, you have to be in six businesses: 1. The content business. You have to create … [Read more...]
Joel Friedlander Will Speak at Redwood Writer's Conference in April 2014
By Robert Digitale Joel Friedlander designs books. Someone once heard this and told him it must mean, “You just put the page numbers on a page.” If only it were that easy. However, writers who want to self-publish their works quickly learn that … [Read more...]