Angela Hoy with Writers Weekly has compiled a list of “publishers” and service providers that all authors should avoid I wrote Simple Facts About Self-Publishing after seeing too many aspiring authors get ripped off by “publishers” who charge a lot of money and deliver poor quality work or no work at all. Even though [...]
Amazon KDP Needs to Allow Team Members to Access Author Accounts Dear Mr. Bezos and Mr. Jassy: Amazon KDP is one of the greatest tools available for authors. It provides a path to publication and distribution that is not available from any other source. Many KDP authors are knowledgeable and skilled in what it [...]
The Strategy Book: How to think and act strategically to deliver outstanding results Max Mckeown FT Publishing We’ve all had times when we failed to think strategically and the result was an embarrassing stumble or major crash. Or when we thought we had the ideal strategy, but the outcome proved us wrong. Some people [...]
Simple and Powerful Ways to Get Closer to Christ and Take Others with You Pivot Driven Devotions: Bible Selections to Move You Closer to Jesus Arnie Cole & W. Terry Whalin Back to the Bible Publishing No matter how close to Jesus we feel we are, we can always get closer. And if we’re [...]
Amazon’s KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) is one of the best tools indie authors and publishers have. It allows us to make our books available to buyers all over the world. Even with the availability of other publishing platforms, losing your KDP account can be devastating. And getting it restored ranges from extremely difficult to [...]
The Only Grammar Book You’ll Ever Need: Your One-Stop Source for Mastering English Grammar (Updated Edition) Susan Thurman Adams Media It’s a song I sing over and over: Grammar matters. The type of communication (speaking or writing, formal or informal) doesn’t matter. What matters is that you do it correctly, clearly, and consistently. That’s [...]
In networking groups, we’re often asked to describe our ideal client so others know who they should refer to us. Marketing advisors tell us to create a persona for our ideal client so we know how to market to them. For years, I’ve said that our ideal client is a successful businessperson who wants [...]
There’s no value in forcing adults to apologize for anything, even when they’re wrong Part of parenting is teaching your children to say please and thank you, and sometimes making them apologize for something they’ve done. There’s a good chance those forced apologies were accompanied by shuffling feet, a bowed head, and total insincerity. [...]
Amazon KDP is a wonderful resource for indie authors. It lets us publish our books on the Amazon platform and make them available to potential buyers around the world at no cost, other than what we spend to write and produce the book. Unfortunately, the online world is rife with Amazon KDP scammers who [...]
Years ago, a client gave me the draft of the dedication of his book. His goal was to recognize and express his gratitude to a friend and colleague who had recently died. After several sentences of well-deserved praise, he ended with, “I was honored to call him my friend.” When you think about that, [...]
