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Before you self-publish a book read this 7 point checklist to make sure you are ready to publish your new print or ebook.

When you’re writing the first paragraph of your new manuscript, it’s easy to ignore the formatting. After all, when your eyes are the only ones observing your work, worrying about things like proper page layout, mirror margins, section breaks, and whether or not your hyphens are in the right place can feel like obstacles to simply putting your ideas down on paper. However, once you’ve completed your manuscript and you’re ready to show it to other people, it’s important to make sure it…

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If you want to get a book published, you must start by creating a formal book proposal. Here are three reasons why and how you can get started.

Signs you were made to work in publishing: your love life revolves around your TBR pile, you read about correlation theories at the beach, and you've literally inked your passion for the written word on your skin permanently. When people say "do…

If you’ve considered converting your screenplay to a novel, and you’re interested in self-publishing that novel, this article is for you. With the growing interest...

Use this book launch checklist to plan your own promotions to supplement your publisher's marketing campaigns.

As a scholar and a writer, I am surrounded by books. I buy books at conferences. I buy books online. A stack of books grows on my desk, and even finds its way onto any horizontal surface in my living room. I identify them from reading the reference list of journal articles. I get recommendations from peers. One of the services I can provide my peers is to write a book review on one of my most recently purchased books. A review serves to help my colleagues decide whether or not they wish to…

Herb Childress describes how a successful book contract led to his academic career’s end.