Category: publishing
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Stop Guessing Your Readership’s Needs: Build an Ideal Reader Avatar
Nothing pleases an acquisitions editor more than a writer who can articulate exactly who their audience is. Borrow a strategy from business courses to pinpoint yours.
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The Marketing Your Traditional Trade Publisher Should Do
Despite increased pressure on authors, legitimate trade publishers do still market books. This post shares the things they must do and a list of things good publishers should do to get your book in the hands of readers.
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How to Find Publishing Companies and Freelancers You Can Trust
Scammers who target authors thrive on the lack of public awareness about how publishing really works, so let’s push back with some information sharing. A little knowledge goes a long way toward helping you avoid these bad actors.
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Writing for Young Adult vs. New Adult
Young Adult and New Adult are similarly fast-paced and accessible, with a distinct narrative voice characterized by the personality of a book’s protagonist. But the two categories have important differences in the protagonist’s life stage, their preoccupations, and the emotional journey they experience during the story.
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How to Write an Author Bio with No Experience
Publishers aren’t reading author bios to separate the experienced from the inexperienced. Instead, they want to know why you’re the right author for the book you’ve written. Sometimes life experience that connects to your book’s subject matter is a stronger hook.
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How Do You Know if Your Fiction Book Idea is Good?
How do you know you can turn your novel idea into a book that people will want to read, or that publishers will want to buy? To answer that, you need to consider your audience’s needs, the conventions of your genre, and the preoccupations of society today.
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How Do You Know if Your Nonfiction Book Idea is Good?
If you’re wondering if your nonfiction book idea is good, you are probably really asking these questions: Is my nonfiction book idea marketable? Can I make a whole book out of it? Is it worth my time to write it? This post will help you answer those questions before you commit yourself to writing.
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How Not to Hate Marketing Your Book
Marketing, done right, creates a happy union between you and the people who truly want to read your book. In this post, we’re going to re-train your brain so that you can enjoy the act of connecting your book with its readership.
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The Author’s Guide to Pre-Press Procedures
“Pre-Press” describes the processes a book undergoes before it goes “on press,” that is, before the printer starts printing it. It can include all non-printing activities, including editing and design; however, in book publishing you’re most likely to hear it in the context of operations that are done to get the finalized file ready for…
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Uncommon Tips for Self-Editing Your Book
In this post I’m sharing specialized skills for polishing your manuscript that most people won’t learn unless they train to be a copyeditor. Even when you are going to be working with a professional editor, self-editing is an important step so that your work is as clean as you can make it, leaving the editor…
Erin Alladin 