Posted on August 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of advice to offer, spanning a variety of topics.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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How beta readers help authors see their books through readers’ eyes: Novelist, poet, and educator Elizabeth Gauffreau gives you a primer on the beta reader's actual job and how to manage your relationship with them to mutual satisfaction (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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What to do when your book is sold under a false name: ALLi's Watchdog Desk covers how to minimize the risk that your work will be scraped as well as how to handle the situation if you find that it has been (Alliance of Independent Authors).
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How to fix a flat book description: In this excerpt from The Blurb Puzzle, copywriter and book sales strategist Morgan Lee Clasper identifies common issues in the blurbs authors write for their books and provides solutions, with illustrative examples (Jane Friedman).
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Three important things in life and fiction: Author Kathleen McCleary makes the case that kindness can power a book just as well as human flaws do, and shares three works that recently gave her faith in this belief (Writer Unboxed).
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Let your main character change you: Lee Upton explains why she considers herself to have actual relationships with her characters, and invites her fellow writers to try three different experiments with these characters, if not for seeing a bond, then at least for understanding them better (Women Writers, Women's Books).
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