Writing and Publishing News

We authors can manufacture a lot of excuses for NOT spending time and expending energy promoting our books. Here are five of our faves: I’d rather write (or I’m too busy writing). I don’t have time. I don’t like to bother people. I don’t know how to promote my book. I’ll start promoting my book […]

Publishing/Marketing News and Views Bringing you the information and resources you need to succeed. September 2014, Volume 2, Issue 7 Editor: Patricia Fry Why This Newsletter? This newsletter has been a long time coming. With over forty years embedded in the world of writing, publishing and book promotion and a good twenty years working with […]

I seemed destined to write nonfiction. The article fascinated me—how could so many different writers treat the same topic in so many different ways? My desire—my dream—was to write articles for magazines. And I did for many years. That’s how I made my living. Over the years, I continued writing nonfiction books and articles on […]

Are you a published author? How are your book sales? Have you produced a book that is wanted or needed by a large segment of readers or a strong niche audience? Do you know who your readers are? Do you know where they are and how to reach them? Are you doing everything you can […]

Well, I finally did it! I signed up for the free book promotion through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) program for my Klepto Cat Mystery series. I was only able to offer the book free for one day—not sure why. But in that one day, there were over 8,000 downloads of Catnapped. And the following […]