by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 23, 2016 | Kick Butt Author Tips
How are you selling your books? Just waiting the Amazon order? If you are, you are shooting your book in its pages. There are distribution options beyond online retailers and brick-and-mortar shops. Have you:Created your own website and sell your book there.Summer is...
by bookshepherd_admin | Dec 15, 2015 | Books
OK … I confess … I’m a Book Addict. And I don’t plan on entering a 12-Step program to stop my beloved addiction and pleasure. The countless hours of pleasure that they have given me since I was a little kid can never be tallied. The goosing to my imagination gives me...
by bookshepherd_admin | Oct 27, 2014 | Book Industry News
Have you noticed? The publishing world has morphed on a daily basis … If you are a new author, you’ve got publishing questions. Plenty of them. If you are an already published author, you should have publishing questions. Plenty of them. As an author, ask:...
by bookshepherd_admin | Oct 24, 2014 | Book Industry News
Moving from Wannabe Author to the Real Thing It never fails … at every conference Judith speaks at, multiple attendees will say, “I can’t believe you’ve written all these books … I wish I could write a book.” And she always responds, “Why not … you can.” Is...
by bookshepherd_admin | Oct 17, 2014 | Book Industry News
Recently, I responded to a query from an author who wanted to transition from self-publishing to traditional publishing. She had successfully sold 60,000 books on her own. The first words out of my mouth were, “Why would you want to do that?” And then …I’m...