Diane Eble has 28 years experience in the publishing industry as an editor (magazines, fiction and nonfiction books), author (11 published books, more than 350 articles), and copywriter. She is now a book publishing coach as well. Visit her site at http://www.wordstoprofit.com for information on writing, publishing, and selling books and other information products.
What do you do about difficult people who frustrate you, people who just don’t seem to “get it” somehow? A surprising perspective on how to handle difficult or unlovely people
Is your book's back cover turning away sales? It may be, if you make the #1 mistake even supposedly savvy publishers make. Here's how to avoid this mistake and what to do to boost sales.
One of the biggest problems with traditional book marketing is that when someone buys your book, you have no way of contacting your readers. There's no way to build that relationship that is so important in marketing and generating word of mouth. Here are a few suggestions for overcoming this problem.
There are two schools of thought on this. Is it better to keep your ideas to yourself, lest you lose your energy for writing it by talking too much about it? Or, is it preferable to talk about your book idea so you know that people will be interested in it? Here's my studied opinion—which may surprise you.
When a book or magazine publisher agrees to publish your work, you must sign a contract. In this contract there is a very important area concerning rights. Be very careful about which rights you retain, and which rights you hand over.
AmazonConnect is a great program that allows you to connect with readers and foster a relationship with them, even if you don't have a web site of your own yet. It's a great way to create word-of-mouth advertising for your book and get people interested in you--and your other books. Here's how to use it.
I love to receive gifts. Especially when I am not expecting them. Here's how I discovered that God, like us, loves to give good gifts ... and what happens when we notice and receive them from the hands of a loving Father.
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