How To: Ordering Author Copies

Chris Fenwick

April 22 , 2024

How To: Ordering Author Copies

We have been fortunate to bring on board a number of new authors in recent months. Welcome! One of the first questions we get is how to order books...

Book Publicity and Using Media

Katie Cressman

April 18 , 2024

Book Publicity and Using Media

Book publicity is using the media to spread the word about a book and/or author hoping for a story, article, or interview. This gives you visibilit...

Marketing Yourself and Your Book(s) to Bookstores

Katie Cressman

April 16 , 2024

Marketing Yourself and Your Book(s) to Bookstores

Independent bookstores are passionate about books but also need to make money to stay in business. Remember this first and foremost when approachin...

Bookstores, Book Orders, and More on Book Events

Katie Cressman

April 16 , 2024

Bookstores, Book Orders, and More on Book Events

In this post pandemic world, it is not abnormal to see large bookstores close their doors or get acquired by others. However, because of the smal...

It's All About the Matter Document

Chris Fenwick

April 16 , 2024

It's All About the Matter Document

The matter document is an all-encompassing document that holds all of your books metadata. Having this document as early as possible helps us to fi...

Bookstore Events

Chris Fenwick

April 16 , 2024

Bookstore Events

How to get books for my event: A bookstore will host a launch event for me, how do they get my books? Bookstores or other venues can order books on...

Beta Readers

Chris Fenwick

April 15 , 2024

Beta Readers

Beta readers are those people you know (or in some cases pay) who are willing to read through your book and give you honest feedback. As a writer m...

Navigating and Understanding Social Media

Katie Cressman

April 15 , 2024

Navigating and Understanding Social Media

Not Sure Where to Start With Social Media? You have to choose the ones that you are most comfortable with and, most importantly, where your ideal r...

Email Marketing for Authors

Katie Cressman

April 15 , 2024

Email Marketing for Authors

First things first. You have to think of subscribers as people who may or may not be your ideal readers. They may have just subscribed on a whim. O...