You Just Submitted Your Manuscript – Enjoy the Excitement, Prepare For Rejection


You Just Submitted Your Manuscript – Enjoy the Excitement, Prepare For Rejection

Maybe you have just submitted a manuscript to a publisher. How can you prepare for rejection?

Published July 23rd, 2010 · Business Tips, Publishing, Writer's Tips · No comments · Read More »

Being Professional – Your Author-Publisher Relationship


Being Professional – Your Author-Publisher Relationship

How would you de­scribe your au­thor-​pub­lish­er re­la­tion­ship? You may pick up on con­ver­sa­tion­al nu­ances, for ex­am­ple, or miss them. Even bet­ter, you may be an au­thor who re­al­ly lis­tens. Like me, you may try to help your pub­lish­er as much as pos­si­ble. Pro­fes­sion­al­ism usu­al­ly gets good re­sults, but not al­ways.

Published July 23rd, 2010 · Business Tips, Writer's Tips · No comments · Read More »

The Honeymoon Is Over Once You Gain a Publisher for Your Business Book


The Honeymoon Is Over Once You Gain a Publisher for Your Business Book

Publishers are often very tactful while wooing authors. Their reservations are shared after you cash the advance check. It would take several books to describe all of the mistakes we authors sometimes make. Here’s a list of a few steps you can take that will help you avoid them.

Published January 23rd, 2010 · Publishing, Writer's Tips · No comments · Read More »

Book Distributors & What They Can Do For Your Book


Book Distributors & What They Can Do For Your Book

While is it fairly easy to list your book on Amazon and Barnes and Noble online, getting your book into a physical bookstore is very difficult for a new, self-published author.

Published November 22nd, 2009 · Business Tips, Marketing & Promotion · No comments · Read More »

Is Publishing Still Good Business?


Is Publishing Still Good Business?

In the day of the global market with more books being published and markets available than ever before, fewer authors are finding a publisher and even fewer are making any money at all. Why?

Published October 10th, 2009 · Publishing, Writer's Tips · No comments · Read More »

Signing A Book Deal


Signing A Book Deal

You’re about to sign your first book deal, what happens next? Jonny Geller, Managing Director of Curtis Brown Books offers his advice on what questions you should ask, understanding the terms of the contract, discovering if your contract is negotiable and whether you need an agent to negotiate it for you, selling other rights to your book, and when can you expect to receive the money.

Published May 16th, 2009 · Publishing, Writer's Tips · No comments · Read More »