E-book Covers: Making the Most of the Online Visual You really can judge a book by its cover—in fact, that’s the point. Continue Reading →
Hugh Howey’s PubSmart Keynote: Directing the Self-Pub Conversation Recently, Amy and Dara attended Pubsmart, a conference that brings together some of the best and brightest of the modern publishing industry to discuss indie, traditional, hybrid, and small press publishing. Continue Reading →
Getting Your Book Out There: Distribution Options for Indie Authors It used to be that getting your book on a bookstore’s shelf was the easiest way to ensure sales. Continue Reading →
Publishing Buzz: What’s Really Going on with Hugh Howey’s Author Earnings Report? (Part 2 of 2) Yesterday, part 1 of Publishing Buzz: What’s Really Going on with Hugh Howey’s Author Earnings Report gave a brief overview of one self-published author’s attempt to understand the numbers behind e-book sales on Amazon. Continue Reading →
James Patterson’s Bookstore Bailout: Planning for the Future or Living in the Past? Best-selling author James Patterson recently pledged $1 million dollars of his own money to independent bookstores all over the country. Continue Reading →
Gifts for Writers, Readers, and Everyone on Your List It’s that gift-giving time of the year again! Continue Reading →
How to Write Kick-Butt BCC (Back Cover Copy) At Wise Ink, we believe that one of the most important things we do is help indie authors put their best foot forward when marketing and selling their book. Continue Reading →
Make Amazon Work for You As every indie writer knows, Amazon is one of the main ways self-published authors connect their audience to their book. Continue Reading →
Are Bookstores Relevant? When eReaders first came onto the scene, there was an instantaneous, viscerally negative reaction. Continue Reading →
