The Changing Face of Book Sales… Book retailers are transforming as many customers go online to purchase. This move has put a lot of pressure on traditional chain stores to create revenue and profits. Similarly, digital books continue to gain market share, and are now “estimated at 8% to10% of revenue fro some major publishing”, […]
Kathy Kinney Special Giving Thanks Podcast
This special “Giving Thanks” podcast is amazing. Kathy is truly an inspiration and one that sees life (and herself) for its goodness and beauty. And how giving to others is “what makes life worth living.” I hope you enjoy this wonderful “Giving Thanks” podcast as much as I do.
eBook Cover Design Tutorial: Typography and Fonts
When I was but a young apprentice, my wise Art Director taught me – never create “shlock”. Unfamiliar with this term, I innocently asked what it meant. SCHLOCK (Wikipedia) Schlock is an English word of Yiddish origin meaning “something cheap, shoddy, or inferior.” In other words it means you are settling for something other than […]
Dan L. Hays Author, talks on eBook Marketing, Publishing and Promotion
Dan L. Hays is a gifted writer who has been pursuing his craft for more than 25 years. His passion has always been writing, but he had a writing block that he could not understand for many years. He wrote two books that publishers were interested in, but he backed away and the books were […]
Free Literary Agent / Publisher Database – Query Tracker
Wouldn’t it be great If before you query a literary agent, you could have data to inform you about the agent in question, such as Query Response Times, True Genres of Interest, Preferred Manuscript Lengths, and the Best Time to Query? Now you can with Query Tracker’s FREE database of agents and publishers.
How Many Thursdays in November? by Nancy Denofio
An original poem about thankfulness as seen from the eyes of a young teenage boy. While the holidays are joyous and filled with hope for many, even the very young ponder weighty matters of our world. Nancy Denofio reads an original poem on Unruly Guides as part of our Giving Thanks series called “How Many Thursday in November?”
eBook Review Submissions – Suspended
Due to the overwhelming requests for reviews, Unruly Guides no longer accepts books for review.