Posted on May 9, 2023 at 12:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of advice for all stages of the book-creation process to offer.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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Achieving your writing ambitions: Editor Jim Dempsey thinks back to his younger self and what he sought back then, and compares it — favorably, actually — to what he has done (Writer Unboxed).
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Take care when using ChatGPT for book research: Author and book coach Susanne Dunlap tested ChatGPT against her usual research methods to handle a few historical questions for her work in progress; she shares her — probably unsurprising — results (Jane Friedman).
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Tips on hiring and working with a book cover designer: Author K.M. Weiland takes you through her actual hiring process for a book cover designer to refresh the look of her 2012 novel (Helping Writers Become Authors).
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How to market a self-published book: The specifics of book marketing might change with the times, but Penny Sansevieri promises that these four building blocks will always help an author seeking to spread the word about their book (Author Marketing Experts).
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