Friday’s upcoming event for authors
Published & Profitable members are invited to bring their questions and concerns to this month’s Published & Profitable “Open Mic” event! This 1-hour call takes place Friday, May 30th, at 2:00 PM. Be inspired from the power of group discussion.
I’ll begin the call with a brief discussion of a new topic, [...]

Thursday’s profit tip for authors
Research should play an important part of your ongoing profit opportunities. Try to devote 30-45 minutes a week visiting the websites of authors and obvious experts in your field. Note the different ways they profit from their books beyond revenues from royalties and direct sales of their books. Look for [...]

Wednesday’s promoting tip for authors
During the past few weeks, I have been spending increasing amounts of time researching the elements that contribute to successful author websites. I’ve always been reviewing the various blogs on my blogroll to see what other authors have to say about author websites. One of the best was a blog by [...]

Tuesday’s writing tip for authors
One of the easiest ways to quickly make significant progress on your book is to make a list of the 10 most important ideas you want to communicate. You’ll find it far easier to create a table of contents based on the main ideas you want to communicate, than it is [...]

Monday’s planning tip for authors
For many authors, he hardest part of writing a book is choosing a title. Authors, however, can get a head start on choosing a process by simply making a list of the benefits that readers will gain from reading the book. Many start their list by hand, perhaps while at [...]

The Indie Book Awards has announced that the marketing campaign waged for Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success won their Best Marketing Award.
The Frugal Editor was also a finalist in the “How-to” category of that same contest’ s Next Generation [...]