Issuing a press release for a new book is a no-brainer. Word needs to get out! And a press release is one of the best ways to spread the word broadly, to every kind of media. Here are some basics to keep in mind, whether you’re crafting your own release or having Believer’s Press do [...]

Marcher Lord Press, pub of Christian speculative fiction announces contest: readers vote and the winner gets published http://bit.ly/1o1asx # RT @RachelleGardner: YOU are using too many exclamations!!! And ALL CAPS. *Italics* {{BOLD}} and other annoying devices. http://is.gd/4qXgp # RT @RachelleGardner: I'm noticing that the concept of NO BACKSTORY in the first few pages is difficult [...]

As Christian authors, perhaps the first response that sprang to mind when you read this headline was, “Jesus!” But what I actually mean to ask you is this: When you sit down each day to work on your manuscript, do you have a specific reader pictured in your mind? If not, you should. Identifying your [...]

Apparently, everybody hates Brad Meltzer’s new book entitled Book of Lies. So what can you do when all the big names in book reviews pan your book? Well, you could wallow in shame and decide to never write again… Or, you could enlist your little league team and some senior citizens at the local nursing [...]

Contact: Cliff Warden, 608-385-6803, [http://www.theawakeningbook.net] Onalaska, Wis., Oct. 19 / Christian Newswire / ‒ Scientists predict that within the next 15-18 years, individuals will be able to choose to biologically select or enhance specific traits in themselves and their offspring. Yet, with such fantastic possibilities come dire ethical questions. In his new novel, The Awakening, [...]

RT @gyoung9751: @MikeDellosso has a great discussion going on at his blog on suspense and Christian publishing. http://bit.ly/41xclk # RT @inkyelbows: Writing mentor @mdemuth is offering free nonfiction book idea critiques. See: http://bit.ly/DWxul # RT @MichaelHyatt: “How to Organize an Event on Facebook,” including book promotion events. http://bit.ly/4xsZZe (via @Mashable) # RT @mdemuth: 12 ideas [...]

In a recent Publishers Weekly Email Newsletter I saw an ad for a poetry chapbook. It was a ‘boom box’ ad — a big square ad right in the middle of the text — which lists for $1,000. When I clicked on the ad, I was taken to a subsidy publisher’s bookstore… and my heart [...]

I’m offering tips from time to time, from a book designer’s perspective, on how to get the creative best out of creatives. Again a disclaimer: None of this is meant to suggest that you have to be extra careful around artist-types and only approach them in certain ways. If you run into a prima donna [...]

I’m offering tips from time to time, from a book designer’s perspective, on how to get the creative best out of creatives. Again a disclaimer: None of this is meant to suggest that you have to be extra careful around artist-types and only approach them in certain ways. If you run into a prima donna [...]

Ellis Weiner posted a rousing satire of the shrinking promotional departments (and budgets) of many traditional publishers and their increasing reliance on authors to do more and more marketing for their own books. Hi, Ellis— Let me introduce myself. My name is Gineen Klein, and I’ve been brought on as an intern to replace the [...]