Most readers like to know more about their favorite authors. Amazon's Author Central allows you to obtain easy access to your photo, biography, and bibliography to learn more about you and the books your have authored. With the new Kindle Paperwhite … [Continue reading]
Top 5 Tips for the Self-Publishing Author
Venturing into the self-publishing world can be confusing and frightening for many writers. With the sigma associated with self-publishing fading, the door is open wide for anyone to publish. Yet, few will be successful. The following are just a few … [Continue reading]
Self Publishing and its Surprisingly Honorable History
Like many of you reading Suzanne’s blog perhaps, I have written most of my life, having published a textbook, several book chapters and over thirty-five articles in my former fields of hospital administration, medical ethics and cardiac … [Continue reading]
Spam Block, Download Thieves and Help Abuse
There comes a time in every business life when policies must change to remain successful. This is our time. Over the last several months, we evaluated out ROI on every aspect of the business and have started to make adjustments in order to remain a … [Continue reading]
Stock Images and Fair Use Copyright for Book and eBooks
There are thousands upon thousands of images one can choose to use in books or to create a book cover. However, before you start grabbing images off the Internet, know your rights and, more importantly, the copyright owners rights. Is this Image … [Continue reading]
Booktango – Free eBook Publishing (Audio Podcast)
There's a new kid on the block and I like him! First impressions are important, and Booktango exudes professionalism. The site is well laid out and their customer service is phenomenal. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST >> I was just finishing up my … [Continue reading]
One Author’s Journey to Creating a Book Cover Design
Janis Quigg is not a designer, she's an author who needed a book cover design. But like many authors she didn't know where to start. So, she decided to take a stab at designing the book cover herself. I received an email from Quigg asking me to … [Continue reading]