In this third installment of Bublish’s “Book Publishing Timeline Builder” Series, we’re diving into the Production Phase of the Publishing Process. This is the time when you put all the elements of your book together in a physical, digital or audio format, so that your book can be produced and then sold in the marketplace in one or more formats. […]
Whether you’re still in the idea stage of your nonfiction business book, frantically working your way through a tough plot twist in chapter ten of your thriller novel, or saving the final draft of your historical fantasy YA novel…it’s time to congratulate yourself for actually writing your book. It’s a big achievement. Take a moment to take stock in what you […]
If you’re planning to publish a book in 2019, now is a great time to set up your book publishing timeline. Bublish’s “Book Publishing Timeline Builder” Blog Series can help you prepare. For the next four weeks, we’ll be taking a deep dive into each of the four stages of the publishing process, so you can learn […]
NaNoWriMo, which stands for National Novel Writing Month, begins today (11/1/18) and lasts the entire month of November. Last year, 402,142 people participated in this annual writing ritual, which challenges creative scribes to finish the first draft of a 50,000-word novel in one month. NaNoWriMo is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary in 2018. Many well-known authors launched […]
Alex Newton is founder and CEO of K-lytics, a leading provider of market data and research for authors and publishers. Thanks for joining us on the blog today, Alex… Great to be here. To start, I have a few questions for all of you… Do you write because you love writing? Or do you write […]
Pinterest has grown into a strong channel for driving free traffic to online book listings and author websites. It’s why expert book marketers like John Kremer and Daniel Hall use Pinterest to consistently generate traffic for free. One of the main reasons Pinterest is so powerful is the fact that it can help you drive highly targeted […]
Summer is the best, isn’t it? Life slows down, schedules fade away, the kids are out of school. It’s a great time to relax by the pool, take a vacation and read a good book. We get it. We all need time to rejuvenate. That’s important. At the expense of sounding like taskmasters, we’re going to discourage […]
Yesterday, we enjoyed exploring Aerio during Bublish’s “Lunch & Learn” Webinar with Aerio’s Business Development Manager Caitlin Churchill. One of the key benefits of this direct-to-consumer book selling platform from Ingram is that it allows authors to sell other authors’ books out of the Ingram catalog. Both the author who sold the book and the author […]
Our “Lunch & Learn” Webinar guest on June 27, was Caitlin Churchill, who leads business development at Aerio, Ingram Content Group’s premier marketing and sales platform for publishers, authors and sellers. Caitlin gave us a great demo of the site and answered a ton of questions from attendees. If you missed the webinar and would […]
Google processes more than 40,000 searches every second. Facebook sees 8 billion video views a day. Daily social media usage averages 135 minutes. In today’s mobile world, we humans are more active online than ever, and we visit dozens of different websites and platforms when we’re there. As an author and self publisher, you need […]