You’re a great writer. Your family and friends always said you have a book inside you. So you wrote the novel and now you’re scared to death—what if it fails? What if you actually succeed? Your book needs a professional editor or a ghost, whether you’re going to self-publish, shop it to publishers, or engage [...]

In a recent LinkedIn discussion a couple people flamed over a comment I made. I advised doing thorough homework before paying a publishing company to handle your book and reading contracts carefully before signing anything. It’s good advice whether you self-publish, work with Simon and Shuster, use  POD, or crank the stuff out on your [...]

The 4th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA) announces a call for submissions for their book competition. Excellence in independent publishing is the focus.
The award program is coordinated by Beverly Hills, California based book shepherd Ellen Reid, who says,
“The goal is to recognize excellence in independent- and self-published books, a rapidly growing segment of a [...]

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Jerry Seinfeld’s wife Jessica Seinfeld published her first book a year or so ago and was promptly accused of copyright infringement and plagiarism by another writer, Missy Chase Lapine. Case went to federal court. Court decided Jessica did nothing wrong.
Jessica Seinfeld wrote a hip, timely cookbook showing moms how to incorporate healthy food into [...]