When I began this journey to published author, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I only knew I loved to write and desperately wanted to get my first book out there. Honestly, I thought writing was hard…until I tried to market what I…

As a physical therapist, preparing to publish Your Body Book Guide to Better Body Motion with Less Pain, I purchased John Kremer’s 1001 Ways to Market Your Books. I read it from cover-to-cover, all 700 + pages. I turned down corners of pages…

As a self-published author, I learned early on that there are two bywords in book promotion: shameless and relentless. This is not a time for false modesty. You’ve written a book you can be proud of: Tell the world. Also, you can’t give up after…

Long before my first book was published, I read-up on the best practices for autographing books. My wife thought I was crazy for spending so much time on this topic considering I didn’t have a book that needed signing, but the information learned…

Congratulations, you’ve published a book. Are you ready to sell an experience? Publishing houses have limited time and resources so authors, self-published or otherwise, wear many hats. In part or fully, the job of promoting and marketing a book…

Whenever I get the clever idea to try something new I ask—with a nonchalant shrug—“How hard can it be?” If you ever hear me say this, please smack me, because it is always harder than I thought. Having once taken a video production class, I…

My kids and I anticipated visiting a new indie bookstore in a nearby town. From what I could tell, the owner seemed receptive to local authors. After a brief phone call, I learned that she’ll accept local authors’ books on…