Book marketing for introverts is painful. These are the writers who only want to hole up in their cave and write. Why should they come out and face the world? They only want to write! And yet, if your story stays in your cave, you’ll never sell that book, which means you don’t have a […]

Guest blog by Elle Evans (Twitter: @ElleEvansWrites) It’s Intense! It’s pretty much impossible to tackle any huge undertaking without help. Landing on the moon, running a country, or—writing a good book. Sometimes it takes an online village, as the saying should go. As an aspiring children’s book author, this year I went looking for some […]

Here’s our Recommended Christmas Gifts for your favorite kid, librarian, writer, or book lover on your list. GIFTS FOR KIDS: Get the App That Encourages Kids to Read Great Books EPIC! is an amazing book app for kids and one my grandkids actually read. How do I know? EPIC! emails me a weekly report on […]

Each year or so, I do a post about the top literary agents and compare how many titles were sold. I use the Publishers Marketplace database to discover which agents are selling the best. However, their information comes with an important caveat: all information is self-reported. Many agents only report their top sales. That means […]