After a database crash, we were unable to restore many of our blog posts from the past several years (despite having backups, which failed). However, we had already begun to moving our blogging efforts over to our sister site: The Nonfiction Authors Association. You will...
Book Expo America is happening this week and it’s the largest publishing industry event held each year. We should be hearing a lot of industry data this week and according to this report from Publisher’s Weekly, there were over 211,000 self-published titles released in 2011,...
Last week we held the Nonfiction Writer’s Conference, a completely virtual event conducted via teleconference with 15 speakers over three days. This was our second event and our best one yet! Here’s a look at the agenda: WEDNESDAY MAY 16, 2012 9:00AM – Dan Poynter...
Dan Poynter has done it again by creating another brilliant opportunity for authors. Entries are now being accepted for the Global Ebook Awards, and there are plenty of categories to choose from. I can tell you from experience that winning an award for your book...
You’re invited to a special Twitter chat event on 1/31/12: How to Drive Buyers for Your Book, In Droves! This event is hosted by Anita Campbell’s team at Small Biz Trends. I will be one of the guest contributors along with John Locke, author of...
Amazon recently announced its KDP Select program, which invites publishers and authors to make their Kindle books available via Amazon’s lending program. Amazon users who participate in the book lending program (via Amazon’s Prime service, an annual subscription program), will have an “exclusive” list of...
The smart folks at Small Biz Trends are hosting their fourth annual Small Business Book Awards contest. Nominations will be accepted until January 31, and this event is for books published last year. Whether you win the contest or not, this is a great chance...
I read a lot of manuscripts and reports so figuring out how to view them on my Kindle was a life-saver! Amazon allows you to email documents including Word docs, HTML files, and Jpgs to your Kindle and convert them for easy reading. Note that...
1. Commit to marketing—and finding a way to like it! 2. Do three to five things every day to promote my book (even if it hasn’t been written yet). 3. Start speaking professionally. 4. Conduct at least one speaking engagement per month. 5. Carve out...
We publish a periodic newsletter for nonfiction authors that includes a summary of blog posts, special announcements, features for some of our books, and more. Check out the October edition here–and if you like what you see, sign up for our mailing list!...