By Amy Collins What I Did I heard myself say the phrase: “When things return to normal.” I caught myself saying this very sentence last week. Caught myself forgetting that there is no such thing as normal. There is only now. Months ago, I thought that we just had to...
By Amy Collins My inbox and online feeds are filling up with authors asking how to promote themselves and their books during this time of crisis. How do we, as authors, sell and market our work when the noise of current events is drowning out everything else? The...
By Amy Collins I have a story to tell you. Stick with me here, it’s going to sound like I’m way off topic, but I promise it will make sense in the end. 15 years ago I did a great deal of research on the best dog food to feed my dogs. They loved it. Since then, my...
By Shelley Sturgeon Here at The Book Designer, we are blessed with amazing contributing writers and, of course, YOU, our wonderful readers! In the January tradition of reviewing the previous year’s accomplishments, today I’d like to invite you to take a...
By Amy Collins “Time, money, talent… Pick any two.” – Amy Collins (on one of her grumpier days) But what if you could have ALL THREE? For many authors and small publishers, crowdfunding gives them the time and money they need to publish properly. But it is not a magic...