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There's still time to put your book in a holiday gift guide

Posted on 11/22/2019 at 10:44 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No matter how you feel about it, Black Friday is still the traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season —...

Tagged As: Marketing, The business of writing, Penny Sansevieri

4 copyright myths debunked

Posted on 11/20/2019 at 02:41 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No one wants to run afoul of copyright law — and everyone wants to protect their hard-earned intellectual property if...

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Tagged As: Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The business of writing, The Passive Voice

Here's how to do competing-title research

Posted on 11/19/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Knowing that you should examine competing titles and actually tackling the task are, of course, two entirely different beasts. Penny...

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Tagged As: Marketing, The business of writing

How to resolve royalty questions

Posted on 11/19/2019 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

What better way to raise your blood pressure than to realize you have to talk to someone about finances? John...

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Tagged As: The business of writing

Writer Beware has concerns with the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award

Posted on 11/18/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We hope this Writer Beware post isn’t coming too late for any of our followers. Victoria Strauss highlights some problematic...

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Tagged As: Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The business of writing

Holiday book promotion: Why you should be advertising books now

Posted on 11/18/2019 at 08:24 AM by Guest Author

Advertising books this time of year is a wise move, as interest in books tends to increase. Get tips on...

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Tagged As: Marketing, The business of writing

Debut author asks readers: How do you take a chance on me?

Posted on 11/12/2019 at 10:41 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There’s no denying that selling books to readers is much easier once you’ve gotten them to try the first one....

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Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Marketing, The business of writing

Authors shouldn't fear DIY book marketing

Posted on 11/06/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Wouldn’t life be great if we could hire out everything we dreaded doing to an outsider? For most of us,...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Marketing, The business of writing

12 tips on book translation, from a professional

Posted on 11/01/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s so exciting to see authors proudly display the translated versions of their novels on Instagram and Facebook. If you’ve...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Literature in translation, The business of writing

Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Figure out what's best for your company

Posted on 10/24/2019 at 11:15 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you had to guess, what are the three most important words in business? Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s answer: “We can’t...

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Tagged As: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The business of writing

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