by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 15, 2017 | Kick Butt Author Tips
You only have one tip for today … but it’s an important one … one that can make book designers and editors batty when it’s violated. Apparently, many writers and authors didn’t get the memo about the one-space rule. It’s been the norm for decades. Every major...
by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 11, 2017 | Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Book Success
Two articles crossed my reading this past week—don’t you wonder how things all of a sudden land in your lap that trigger your blogs?—anyway, Easter is next week and Easter Island came into my thoughts. An old article by Jared Diamond’s “Easter’s End” in Discover...
by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 4, 2017 | Author Success, Book Marketing
Last week was swamped for me. I had multiple books on my plate got a big one—The Thrill of the Ride— that I’ve been doing the rewrites for several months off my plate and to the layout designer; two Indexes completed and approved by the author for two different...
by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 1, 2017 | Audio Books, Author Success, Kick Butt Author Tips
Audiobooks will Gain in Popularity The Pew Research Center recently reported an increase in audiobook listeners in 2016, with 14% of survey respondents saying that they listened to books. Additionally, The Association of American Publishers reports that “readers” …...