Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Main office, Santa Rosa, CA
Everyone knows the best-selling book of all time is the Bible. And why not? Versions of the Hebrew Scriptures were first written in velum circa 200 B.C. If your book has …
The Shack
Breaking the Rules
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers’ Conference, Philadelphia, PA
When a writer creates a book that’s outside the boundaries established for a genre, the book can lose its place in the market. But this can be a
Bookstore Market Research: Historical Romance
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Barnes & Noble, Santa Rosa, Calif.
While I was in the bookstore, I focused my research on historical romance. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, we’ll start with the pictures of what I saw …
Best of the Blog 2009: You Should Read This! Word-of-Mouth and Reading
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
A recommendation from a trusted individual goes a long way in influencing a person to read a book. Why do you think publishers are always asking for endorsements …
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The Long and the Short of It
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Office, Nashville
Weather: Hot and windy
How many words should a title have? Well, that depends on a lot of things, but subtitles often carry the freight of conveying the content while the …
To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As a writer surveys the landscape of traditional publishing vs self-publishing, which is the best choice? That depends…Let’s take a look today at what self-publishing has to …
Personal Book Selection
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Flying cross country
Weather: Breezy
We may be fairly agreed on what constitutes appropriate reading for children of various age levels, but the whole business of what we adults find offensive is another matter. It probably …