• Timing can play an important role in the success of your book release. There are some seasonality trends that forecast when certain genres will perform...

    Best Time of Year to Release Your Book

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    What Time of Year is Best to Release Your Book? Depending on the genre of your book, you’ll find there are some seasonality trends to guide you when it comes to publishing your book. Timing can play an important role in the success of your book’s release. And while the book publishing industry doesn’t follow an official publishing calendar for specific genres like the movie industry does (For instance, did you know blockbusters get released during the summer for a reason?), there are some seasonality trends that forecast when certain genre types experience higher sales. The holiday season—Thanksgiving through New…

  • Being busy shouldn't keep you from fulfilling your dream of publishing a book. Here are some tips for how to write a book when you have a full-time job...

    How to Write a Book While Working Full-Time

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    We all have daily commitments like full-time jobs, families, friends, volunteering, and more. With careful planning and time management, it’s possible to incorporate writing time into your busy schedule and even meet your personal writing goals. It’s important to remember that writing is a process and your progress won’t always be linear. Some days you may feel like your thoughts are overflowing with creativity while other days you may struggle to get words onto paper. Be gentle with yourself and don’t give up when the going gets tough. Keep showing up at your designated writing time and trust that the…

  • Self-publishing has come a long way in the past decade both in terms of the process, as well as the finished product. To make it as simple as possible, w...

    Self-Publishing From Beginning to End

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    Self-publishing has come a long way in the past decade both in terms of the process, as well as the finished product. If you’re new to self-publishing, however, it may still feel a bit confusing at times. To make it as simple as possible, we break down the publishing process into three parts: pre-production, production, and postproduction. There are countless other steps to self-publishing that begin way before the pre-production process, but most of those steps, such as outlining and writing your book and securing beta readers should take place before you begin preproduction. Let’s look at the publishing process…

  • The publishing world continues to evolve as the times change. If you’ve found it hard to keep up, here are 5 publishing trends that aren’t going anywhere...

    Current Publishing Trends

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    The publishing world continues to evolve as the times change. From creative book launch ideas due to the pandemic to new trends in published books, there’s a lot of trends to pay attention to right now. If you’ve found it hard to keep up with what’s popular in the world of authorship, this is for you. Here are 5 publishing trends that aren’t going anywhere yet. 1. Feel-good fiction. When we first sheltered in place more than a year ago, writers asked these questions: Should I write a novel set during the pandemic? And “How do I write a novel…