When you hone your subject into a great pitch, you know what your book is about—and you can communicate that in a query letter or aloud. Pitchcraft™ is an invaluable tool—not just for landing an agent but for selling books. In this guest post, agent Katharine Sands, who coined the term, answers an important question for aspiring and published authors:…
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Every year during WNFIN, I ask a few literary agents to offer trips about how to write book proposals and query letters. (You can read some here, here, here, and here, or search the site for more.) This year, I’ve asked my experts to discuss what agents and acquisitions editors seek–what makes them want to pick up the phone and…
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Many writers no longer feel they need a literary agent. They figure they can self-publish (or blog) their way to a traditional publishing deal—or forget about traditional publishers totally. Yet, literary agents continue to serve a valuable role, and many indie authors eventually end up needing one. Today, literary agent and publishing consultant Peter Beren reveals the numerous benefits agents…
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It’s important to discover the right publishing strategy for you and your books. You have more opportunities and options to publish your work today than ever before. This also means you have more decisions to make. Today, Literary Change Agent and Author Advocate April Eberhardt explains how to make your publishing choices and to find assistance on the self-publishing path,…
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You’ve probably heard tales of writers making tons of money and hitting the bestseller lists with indie ebooks, and you’re wondering if you could do the same. But you might have questions about the best place to publish and distribute your ebook. And you should have those questions… In this guest post, Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, raises some important…
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Lots of reasons exist to write a book and self-publish it. One of the strongest arguments revolves around the ability for authors to make more money. However, the money doesn’t always come in the form of Amazon sales. In this guest post author and Internet marketing professional Jim Kukral, founder of Author Marketing Club, explains how to leverage an indie…
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You may not realize that when you decide to self-publish you become a publishers as well as a writer. This is particularly true if you decide to produce your book alone without an author services company that offers editing, design, printing, and distribution services. True self-publishing happens when you find individual experts to do these tasks as you oversee the…
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