Authority Publishing provides custom publishing services exclusively for nonfiction books. Comprehensive services include editing, cover design, interior typesetting, ebook formatting, and distribution to Amazon, Ingram and other online retailers. Since 2008, Authority Publishing has built a solid reputation as an industry leader in personalized service and professional book production. If getting your book done right […]
While you may think that these corporate sponsorships are few and far between, I can assure you that they are easier to get than you might think. Corporations aren’t looking for a bargain. First, you should know that big companies have equally big budgets. On average they allocate 10% to 15% of profits toward marketing […]
Selling books one at a time is a sure-fire way to generate enough money to fund your coffee habit, but selling them in large quantities can earn enough to actually pay some bills! Selling in bulk to non-bookstore markets can not only be lucrative, it can also minimize the headaches that come from distributing books […]
1. An idea that * Has been proven by successful books like it * Will benefit from a long-term trend * Is promotable to the trade, the media, and book buyers * Has subsidiary-rights potential * Has adoption potential for schools * Has bulk-sales potential * Will generate reviews * Is the first book in […]
Each month, the Nonfiction Authors Association asks a burning publishing question of the industry’s best, brightest, and most innovative experts. Here’s what they have to say! NFAA: What is the best piece of advice you’d offer to an author about developing a marketable book title? JODY REIN There’s no denying it: the title you choose […]
When it comes to information products, it’s important the content meet a need for your audience. To increase your chances of success, start by doing a bit of research and planning prior to product development. Following are the steps you can take. 1. Generate Product Ideas Start by listing the questions you are asked most […]
The phrase “now in its second edition” would sound pretty great next to your nonfiction book title, wouldn’t it? Traditional publishers might suggest a second edition if the first one sells well or if the content changes regularly. Indie authors can decide for themselves when the time is right to do a second, third, or […]
Preparing a proposal gives you the chance to describe your book and show how well you can write and promote it. Whether you sell or publish your book, a proposal will help you. Most proposals range from 20 to 60 pages and have three or four types of material: Sales and Marketing Information, an Outline, […]
More and more non-fiction authors are recognizing the incredible potential audiobooks offer their business. Eager entrepreneurs, however, may dive in headfirst without giving sufficient forethought into how this unique tool can best be leveraged. Audiobooks are the fastest-growing sector of the entire publishing industry. The Association of American Publishers show audiobook downloads up by 31.1% […]
Each month, the Nonfiction Authors Association asks a burning publishing question of the industry’s best, brightest, and most innovative experts. Here’s what they have to say! NFAA: What is the best piece of advice you’d offer to an author about working with a book cover designer? LEWIS AGRELL — THE AGRELL GROUP When authors have […]
What Corporate Sponsors Want from Authors
While you may think that these corporate sponsorships are few and far between, I can assure you that they are easier to get than you might think. Corporations aren’t looking for a bargain. First, you should know that big companies have equally big budgets. On average they allocate 10% to 15% of profits toward marketing […]
(NOTE: This post is a companion piece to Peter Bowerman’s NFAA teleseminar on the subject to be posted on 8/17/17.) In late 2009, I released my fourth self-published book, the updated edition of my first, The Well-Fed Writer (TWFW), an award-winning how-to about my chosen field (since 1994) of lucrative “commercial” writing – freelancing for […]
10 Ways to Build Your Mailing List–and the Number One Way to Build it Quickly
Every author needs to build an email list. When someone gives you their email address, they are giving you permission to market to them. This can be incredibly powerful when you’re launching a new book, promoting events or aiming to sell new products and services. And while email marketing is as powerful as it ever […]
Member of the Week: Dan Ramsey, author of The Working Writer
Name: Dan Ramsey Book Title: The Working Writer: How to Make a Good Living and a Meaningful Life as a Professional Writer (With Practical Tips and Advice for Anyone Who Writes) – Book 1 in the Working Writer Series published by Mulligan Press. Your book’s Amazon purchase link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0718Z8567/ What is your book about? If […]
What Corporate Sponsors Want from Authors
While you may think that these corporate sponsorships are few and far between, I can assure you that they are easier to get than you might think. Corporations aren’t looking for a bargain. First, you should know that big companies have equally big budgets. On average they allocate 10% to 15% of profits toward marketing […]
(NOTE: This post is a companion piece to Peter Bowerman’s NFAA teleseminar on the subject to be posted on 8/17/17.) In late 2009, I released my fourth self-published book, the updated edition of my first, The Well-Fed Writer (TWFW), an award-winning how-to about my chosen field (since 1994) of lucrative “commercial” writing – freelancing for […]
10 Ways to Build Your Mailing List–and the Number One Way to Build it Quickly
Every author needs to build an email list. When someone gives you their email address, they are giving you permission to market to them. This can be incredibly powerful when you’re launching a new book, promoting events or aiming to sell new products and services. And while email marketing is as powerful as it ever […]
Ways Corporate Sponsors Want to Work with Nonfiction Authors
One big benefit of being an author and cultivating an audience is that you can attract corporate sponsors. This essentially means that corporations will give you money to help them reach your audience. I have personally worked with over a dozen corporate sponsors in recent years and have earned well into the six figures from […]
1. Friends and family: You need and deserve encouragement; let your friends and family give it to you. They will tell you they like your work because they like you. What are friends and family for? 2. Writers: Offer to critique their work in exchange. What you learn from the work of others and from […]
Advertise Your Book on a Low Budget Using Technology by Clinton Loomis
Advertising your book seems to be a great deal when you are low on marketing budget but no need to worry anymore as, it can be done for free with technology. 1.GUEST POSTS There are a great many blogs which are completely based on books and a few of them are supposed to promote books […]
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