The fabulous duo Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, better known as Christina Lauren, have had quite the meteoric rise from their early days writing fan fiction. They are the authors of the NY Times Bestselling Beautiful and Wild Seasons series, they recently published their first stand-alone romance Dating You / Hating You, and will soon publish Autoboyography, which is already […]
What if Barnes & Noble went bankrupt?
I should emphasize from the start of this post that as of this writing there are no signs that Barnes & Noble is close to bankruptcy. And yet in publishing circles, the prospect of Barnes & Noble going the way of Borders is sort of like a doomsday conversation that is impossible to resist. It’s […]
How to publish a book
Before you make any rash decisions about how to publish a book, it’s first advisable to take a moment, learn about how this whole process works, and then decide how to proceed with all the facts at your disposal. You have two main options: traditional publishing and self-publishing. I’ve published books both ways. Penguin traditionally […]
Why an author’s platform matters
Let’s say you are thinking about writing a book of nonfiction and want to have it published by a major publisher. The first thing you need to do is assume that every single person in the entire world wants to write a book (which isn’t really an assumption, it’s basically true). The second thing you […]
The past few weeks in books 8/25/17
The link roundup is back! I’ve been spending a lot of blog time on behind-the-scenes fixes and improvements (click through if you haven’t seen the re-design!), but am now ready to begin posting with a bit more regularity. And I’ve been saving a ton of links for you. Here we go! This week, YA Twitter […]
The definitive guide to SEO for authors
What if there was a way to virtually guarantee your book hits all the bestseller lists without being a “big name” author or buying your way onto the lists? Sound impossible? People have done it. And here’s the secret… You need to build an AUDIENCE of people ready to pre-order your book. It’s the exact […]