By Lee Foster Few tasks concentrate the mind more than an assignment to give a 5-minute talk on a publishing panel. Recently, my assignment was: “Lee, since you’ve done books both self-published and with traditional publishers, what are the prospects for both...
By Lee Foster Every author wants to sell books, but making that happen is not getting easier. If you discuss this with your more truthful author comrades, you may find them dividing into two groups: the optimists and the pessimists. The public may want your book...
By Lee Foster In Part 1 of my article, Book Publishing: Are You Keeping Up? we discussed: How Traditional Publishing Worked (and Sometimes Still Works) Why Independent Publishing─Also Known as Self-Publishing─Arose Why Independent Publishing May Be Your Most Viable...
By Lee Foster Book publishing best practices are evolving quickly around us. For each of us, the challenge is: How clearly are we seeing the big trends? And then: Are we making the practical adjustments to position ourselves successfully? I’ve been thinking about...
By Lee Foster Almost every modern writer/author will have an ongoing relationship with photos. You likely are using photos for: your blog your articles your social media perhaps as illustrations in your books Where will you get those photos? You have your sources. But...