🧢 Blessings and endless odes to every father who wears his mantle and provides, protects and champions family values. 🧢 Fathers add value to our universe and proliferation of humanity whether as donors, freeloaders or forevers—forevers being fathers who value family and fatherhood and fulfill their basic responsibilities to their children. More stories about fatherhood should be published and can be with expert coaching. The world is eager to hear your dad's unique story.

🛍️ Most authors understand that Marketing is a component of Publishing and is crucial for substantial book sales. Memorial Day ( T hanks to our VETERANS for their selfless service ) and other holidays are awesome to promote and boost sales and profit.   🛍️ Be strategic with these areas of Marketing whether you are an Indie-Author or a Traditional Author. 1. Promotion of Author (Authors need to promote themselves). 2. Expanded book distribution (Know your options for loca

🖨️ Literary and industry conferences usually offer great value and both Traditional and Indie-Authors should attend when possible.  Check literary organizations, your business industry, colleges and universities for lists of conferences you could attend. 📚 Some advantages of attending National and International Literary and Industry Conferences are to: * Network and gain exposure and access to national and international publishers and industry experts. * Meet established

🫠 Self-Publishing means you do the work. But you are not alone with a supportive coach. Work and communicate hiccups with your mentoring coach.   🫠 A trusted and effective coach mentors and helps you realize your vision as you execute and complete the work. An excellent coach guides and helps writers decrease stress from becoming overwhelmed by the insecurities of authoring a book.   🫠 Pace yourself and do not succumb to burnout and delay completion of publishing your boo

👍 Congrats! You're close to the finishing line. Shun skeptics and notions of doubt. 🔍 Edit and proof your manuscript carefully before finalizing it for typesetting and publishing. 🔎 🔍 Carefully review your editor’s edits since you are the creator and expert of your work and should accept or reject edits based on applicability, context, flow, etc., of your work.   🔎   👍 Follow these simple steps below to complete final edits and proofing if you use a Master File and do n

🗂️ Indie-Authors should not neglect the administrative aspect of book publishing. 🔖Or ganize receipts and transactions and keep all handy for tax filing when Uncle Sam visits or for future reference. 🔖 Best to use a CPA unless you are skilled at tax filing and checking all the crucial expense boxes. 🔖 Audit your business monthly regardless of high or low book sales.   🗂️ Monthly audits allow you to strategize and implement needed actions. 🔖 Avoid shortcuts and the “lit

⏳ 2023 will end in days. A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year to you when it arrives! Hope you made strides with publishing projects and will aspire to publish amazing books during 2024. a.       Maintain or build momentum for 2024. b.       Create a new project schedule and include realistic sales and promotion projections you can accomplish. c.       Pencil new project ideas. d.       Recap the pros and cons of projects and collaborations and all business dealings durin

🥧 Thanksgiving gives opportunities to promote your books and here are a few tips. 🔖Share a fun one-liner for quick holiday promotion that would interest and not burden listeners when you gather at events. 🔖Give away free copies of your book/s or discount coupons. ☺️ Word-of-mouth works for authors and the holidays offer superb opportunities to carry stashes of business cards and promotional materials to give to family and friends as you meet, greet and eat. 🔖Or simply l

👍 Authors should consider submitting to Small Presses that are Traditional Publishers and operate similarly to conglomerates like Hachette, Penguin/Randon House, Harper Collins, Macmillan, Oxford and other national houses. 👍 Most Small Presses accept authors based on talent and quality of work and all publishing and most promotional expenses are covered by Small Presses. These presses never ask authors to pay. Vanity Presses do and often produce poor quality books. 👍 Au

🤖 Many are wondering how Artificial Intelligence will affect publishing and will robots replace humans and design and publish books after much trial and error? 🤖 I’m not an IT expert nor tech savvy and must rely on industry facts and updates for AI answers. Read this article from Publishers Weekly and share your thoughts if you currently use or will utilize Artificial Intelligence. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/92471-ai-i

👌 Self-Publishing is rewarding when authors invest care and time and it’s important to stay on target and follow a publishing timeline. ⏲️ Life throws the unexpected but prioritize and be available to stay on your publishing schedule. ⏲️ One delay creates a chain of delays for others involved. One slip of time may result in a continuous slide off schedule and the delay of publishing your book. 👌 Remain excited about your projects or you may lose interest in completing given

🚦 The cover of a book is incredibly important since viewers first see a cover. That first glimpse either intrigues or deters the viewer from clicking or touching that book. Title too is important and will be discussed in another blog. 🚦 But how important is the cover of a book? Well, what is your perspective--what entices you when you view a bookshelf laden with books? What makes you browse or turn book pages? What makes you purchase a book? 🚦 Have you ever circled back t

Some Indie authors deem eBooks the quick and easiest way of publishing books and becoming authors. A few vital questions are: What genres are you writing and distributing as an author? Is your goal to become an established, prolific and professional author? Do you want your books in libraries, bookstores and held by readers? Why reduce your books’ value with mere eBook publishing? Aspiring authors should consider these book versions when publishing their books: hardcovers, pa

🖨️ Small Presses Many authors are published by small Presses: publishers operated by universities and educational institutions, churches and other private organizations. Small Presses operate same as Traditional Publishers. Authors are usually not expected to pay to have their books published. Authors are usually discovered through competitions, recommendations and through agents. Small Presses may be less prestigious than traditional publishers but are still sought out by a

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