You have only a few seconds—a quick glance across a shelf or scroll across a webpage. You have to make the most of that moment. The first pitch for your book comes on the cover. Great book covers give a hint of the journey within the book and make you want to investigate the book […]
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By: Todd Smith Some people have it on their bucket list. I was not one of them. I never had a desire or a dream to someday write a book. In fact, as a pastor, I thought my weekly writing of sermons was all that I needed in my writing life. Then the perfect storm
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By Susannah Baker Writing is no small or easy task. It requires time, mental focus, emotional energy, and blood, sweat, and tears. OK, maybe not blood, but some days, it certainly does feel like it. And while writing and producing a completed work you feel semi-comfortable sharing with an audience is hard enough, taking the
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Are you a new writer who is about to publish your first book? New authors often don’t know what to expect when they publish their first book. To help you clear up any misconceptions, we put together these tips on what to expect from your first book. Let’s get started. You Might Not Be Able
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People think writing a book is the hard part. Writing takes discipline, time, and of course, a little bit of effort to find a publisher. But once a publisher is found, the hard part for writers is over, right? Unfortunately, no. There is a lot more to learn as a new writer than just good
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Did your book sales start out strong, but now you’re seeing that the numbers are lagging? We hear this story from authors quite a bit. They saw consistent book sales when the book was first released, but then their sales tapered off, and they aren't sure how to re-energize them. There are many ways you
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For most writers, becoming published is the dream. There is something about the idea of seeing their words in print on a shelf or on Amazon’s website that just gets a writer going. But, most writers also feel that the dream of publication is far off or unobtainable. Others feel like it should be handed to them, no questions asked.
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From the ancient Egyptians, Romans, and cattle ranchers who used branding irons to mark their cattle as a way to identify their ownership, the idea of a brand has been a part of our history for thousands of years. Today, the concept of branding lives on stronger than ever before in the form of company
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If you are having trouble deciphering the ins and outs of social media, the next few weeks here should help you. We are going to do a breakdown of the top three social media sites. Today is Facebook. This is probably the most familiar social media site to you; just about everyone and their aunt
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Like it, or not, we live in the digital age. I can already hear your moans and groans emanating from my computer screen. I know as writers we tend to be “old souls.” We like paper books not electronic ones. We like traditional book releases, not digital ones. We like getting our news from papers,
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