What Percentage of Novelists Earn a Living Wage?
Of all the learned professions, literature is the most poorly paid. —Dr. Edward Eggleston, 1890 Lately, I have taken to …
Category Archives: Publishing
Does Goodreads Have a Troll Problem?
I’ve heard from several authors who have stopped using Goodreads over the years. As Camestros Felapton reports, they may have …
The Indie Writer’s Handbook
I was lucky enough to be sent an ARC for The Indie Writer’s Handbook by one of my favorite authors, …
How Amazon Destroyed Publishing. Or Did It?
In my previous post, How Amazon Destroyed Barnes & Noble, I explained how Amazon (alone) could not be held responsible …
How Amazon Destroyed Barnes & Noble
I apologize for the click-bait title. I only used it because I’m fed up with that claim, especially now that …
Choosing your Audiobook Voice
As audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment in publishing, I have been researching that market. One thing I realized is that choosing …
Publishers Turn to AI to Predict Success
No one knows anything. William Goldman’s aphorism concerns Hollywood, but it’s also true of book publishing. Who would have guessed that …
Top 9 Trends in Publishing for 2019
The Written Word Media (WWM) regularly posts great material examining the latest trends in publishing; trends of interest to every author – …
Prepare your eBook and Paperback Using Kindle Create
Last October, I started using Kindle Create to prepare my manuscript for publication and wrote about my experience using Kindle …
Bookful, an AR Book App
Augmented Reality (AR) is probably best known from Pokemon GO, a popular game that had millions of players walking the …
