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The same advice is often given over and over to querying authors who are seeking comp titles: talk to librarians and independent booksellers, and leverage recommendations from Goodreads and Amazon. As a publishing professional, I can suggest some tools to…
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Juvenile Fiction: Understanding Lower Middle Grade, Upper Middle Grade, Chapter Books, and More
New sub-categories of juvenile fiction keep emerging to help kids find the right books for every developmental stage. We can break them into two main groups: simple chapter books for emerging readers, and more complex middle grade novels for independent…
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Rescue the Structure of Your Nonfiction Book
While your subject is the topic your book is about, its thesis is the organizing idea your book is setting out to prove. All nonfiction needs a thesis, not just academic texts.
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30 Ways to Market Your Book Once it’s Published
You poured your whole heart into you book for months or years, and you built up all the hype you could before its publication. Now the big launch day has come and gone, and you’re left wondering, “Is that it?…
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Middle Grade vs. Young Adult Novels: The Definitive Guide
Middle-grade novels, which are written for ages 8–12, tend to be shorter, more optimistic, and written with clear (but not unsophisticated) simplicity. YA novels, written for ages 12+, can be grittier, more introspective, and sometimes more complex.
Erin Alladin 