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  My Path to Self-Publishing

  - By Erika Bennett

  My road to the self-publishing side of the book industry was a path I least expected. Besides the short-lived dream I had in middle school to become a meteorologist, I had always envisioned that I would work with books in some sense. Like most writers, I thought the only way to publishing was through a traditional house somewhere in the northeast. Almost every English major I knew in college wanted a career in publishing, which created an intense battle for anyone applying to publishing internships. I unfortunately lost out on the one internship I really wanted spring semester of my…

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  Ask the Editor: How To Choose a Topic for Your Book

  - By Brittnee Newman

  “I’ve decided to write a book this year.” “Congratulations! What is your book about?” Oh yeah, that part. Shuffle feet. Stare at feet. Clear throat. Stall. “Well, I have a few ideas…” It’s a dilemma every writer faces: how do you choose what to write your book about? Particularly if you have more than one good idea? In the first article of the new Xulon “Ask the Editor” series, we’ve got some tips and tricks to help you get started! First, do you truly have two (or more) different book subjects? Or are they intertwined? Often, I hear authors say,…

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  Xulon Press Successful Author Spotlight: Jennie Bishop

  - By Alan P. Scaglione

  Today’s Successful Author Spotlight features one of Xulon Press’s most successful children’s book authors Jennie Bishop, author of the bestselling book for girls The Princess and the Kiss, which has sold almost 400,000 copies to date. Jennie is an international guest speaker who has written a new book Planned Purity for Parents to encourage and instruct parents. She has spoken to groups in the Ukraine and in Africa, sharing the news that purity is a better alternative for our children than what Planned Parenthood is promoting. Jennie believes that parents would choose to pick up her series of books, from…