• How New Authors Can Keep Their Manuscripts Coherent by Marvin Cloud - In large publishing houses, many manuscripts penned by first-time authors, never make it past the "first reader" who for all practical purposes is a gatekeeper of sorts. This person's job is to weed out manuscripts that do not fit certain established submission criteria.

• How to Become a Best selling Author by Jason Oman - With general non-fiction, there will always be space for a good new non-fiction book in the market. So, what makes a non-fiction book a best seller?

• HOW TO BECOME A BESTSELLING BOOK AUTHOR by Brian Scott - Selling your book from your own website and taking your own orders will mean far more money in the bank for you initially, but you'll have to work a little harder on the back-end to get the recognition you deserve. Both ways work. Neither way is right. It's really what's right for you. Let's talk about the steps necessary to make your book a bestseller whether you want to do it through an online bookstore or from your own website.

• HOW TO PRICE A BOOK by Dan Poynter - Book pricing depends more upon genre or category than on production costs. Here is a formula for determining how to price your book

• HOW TO PRICE A BOOK by Dan Poynter - Size matters. Your book has to appear to be long enough to be worth the money you are charging.

• Just What Is Important In The Sale Of My Book? The Cover, Text, Content, Colors - The most important part of a book is the cover... ahhhh, maybe. Sometimes the cover stinks but if the book is about a subject a person needs to know about, what then?

• SELLING FOREIGN-LANGUAGE RIGHTS by Dan Poynter - When you write a manuscript, you are creating a Work. The Work may be published in several different formats (editions): hardcover, softcover, audiotape, eBook, magazine condensation, newspaper serialization, movie, translations, etc. These are called "subsidiary rights."

• STAY IN ONE FIELD . . . AND OWN IT by Dan Poynter - Once you select your subject. Stick to it; stay in one field. Too many authors and author-publisher-speakers write a book on a subject they know well—aimed at their own (reachable) field.

• Stop Killing Your Book Dream With Poor Planning by Earma Brown - Are you afraid your dream of writing a book will die inside you? May I be honest? It may, if you don't plan and get it done. With the right planning and knowledge, you can easily write your important message into a book.

• The 7 Habits Of Highly Successful Authors by Suzanne Harrison - Whether you are writing fiction or non fiction, it is imperative you write about something you care about. The successful authors have some emotional connection to their content or story.

• The Artful Book Cover and What to Do to Get It for Your Book Design - Book covers are a piece of art, in both their visual and verbal presentation. When we look at a cover we are drawn to it for the dynamic visual presentation.

• The Elements Of A Dynamite Novel by Robyn Whyte - If you're a serious writer, you could spend your life in the pursuit of the perfect novel or the saleable novel. And what's worse? Feeling that you're on your way there or feeling that you've already been there and you can't remember the floor plan?

• The Finishing Touch: How to Craft Titles That Sell by Melinda Copp - When you’re perusing the shelves at your local bookstore, what’s the first thing you notice about almost every book you pick up? The title!

• THE VARIOUS EDITIONS OF YOUR BOOK by Dan Poynter - There was a time when writers were rarely published in more than one edition and then those editions were limited to hardcover, softcover and mass-market paperback.

• THREE POWERFUL TIPS ON SELECTING A BOOK TOPIC THAT SELLS by Judy Cullins - The topic of your book or eBook counts-big time. Which would you buy-The Art of Kissing or The Art of Courtship? The kissing book sold over 60,500 while the other sold only 17,500 copies. Before you choose your topic pay attention to your audience. What do they want and need? What will they be willing to pay for your information?

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