Too many independent publishers use the Christopher Columbus method of planning. They do not know where they are going. When they get there they do not know where they are. And when they return, they do not know where they have been. This is not a good way to run a business.

When I started in sales, the saying was “Price, Service, Quality pick two”. Since then, technology has pretty much leveled the quality playing field leaving service and price. Now the question is do you still get two or do you have to pick between price and service

I thought they were a self publishing company? Looks like a Kansas court agreed with what I have been telling you all along, that Author House is the publisher (vanity/subsidy/POD as it may be), not the author, and is responsible, just like any other publisher, for the content of books they publish.

If you’re trying to publish a book traditionally, you’re almost always better off using a literary agent than going it on your own. Nonetheless, working with a literary agent is not always as idyllic as it sounds. Here are five things your literary agent probably won’t tell you:

You might think the saying, “pick a niche and grow rich” is just some silly cliché. The truth is if you try to write to everyone, no one will read it.

Had I known my book sales would skyrocket from creating a web movie trailer of my novel; I would have done it a long time ago. We live in a very visual multi-media world and it is important to quite frankly, get with the times.

How do we measure our success? - When I set out writing my book, I wrote a mission statement. I had a focus on the kind of book I wanted to write. I had a prayer in my heart for what I hoped my finished book might accomplish.