Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s hard to go to any publishing event, or read any news piece on the industry and not find some reference to BookTok which began its rise on TikTok in August of 2020. Not only had BookTok become an online sensation, the recommendations in this...
Reading Time: 5 minutesUnless you’ve been living under a rock, you have probably heard a lot about AI in publishing in recent months. More specifically, AI (artificial intelligence) actually writing books, narrating audio books, and the like. If not, AI is here! And...
Reading Time: 2 minutesWithout question, the best marketing plans for authors focus on the right things at the right time. Maybe that sounds obvious? But we talk to a lot of authors that find themselves in a tailspin of not know what to do, so they buy everything they...
Reading Time: 7 minutesI often talk about author websites being a must, anyone who is serious about succeeding and building a solid fan base needs one. But what gets overdramatized is that author websites must be flashy or expensive. They don’t. We tend to...
Reading Time: 2 minutesComing up with clever book promotions and marketing ideas feels like a full time job on most days. And I appreciate that so many authors are getting savvy to the fact that that’s the reality, and I’ve been consulting with a lot of...