If you attended the WriteStuff Writers’ Boot Camp in Lyndhurst, Ohio on Friday or the Midwest Writers Conference in Muncie, Indiana on Saturday, here is a download of my presentation entitled “How to Leverage the Internet to Market Your Book.” I suggest you read through this blog for more detailed information on pay per click, [...]

For authors trying to promote their books on Amazon.com, a solution is on the horizon: Clickriver ads. Much like the infamous Google AdWords and Yahoo! Search Marketing programs, Clickriver looks to deliver targeted pay per click advertising on Amazon.com for anyone selling products or services (including books!). While the program is in beta right now, [...]

A great public service to you writers out there looking for an agent: Writers Beware.
The Science Fiction Writers Association has compiled a list of over 400 questionable or fraudulent agents that received the most complaints from writers. Practices such as fee-charging, paid editing services, referral fees, non-standard agreements, and misrepresentation of skills are all common [...]

Many people that I meet on the road that are looking to publish their books have no idea what to expect by way of costs. Visions of finding an agent that will take you on a contingency, friends that will edit for free, and landing a publisher and getting a six-figure check advance dance in [...]