• APPROACHING AGENTS & PUBLISHERS WHILE SELF-PUBLISHING by Dan Poynter - Many nonfiction book writers ask how to approach an agent or publisher. Today the question is when to approach them. Traditionally, writers had to decide between selling out and self-publishing. Their considerations were often reduced to money, time and control.

• Attracting a Book Publishing Agent by Cheryl R Lewis - So you want to at least try to attract an agent and publishing house before you resort to self publishing your book? There is no guarantee that your query will attract the attention of an agent - but there are definitely missteps that will quickly rule it out!

• BE GRATEFUL FOR A BAD REVIEW by Dan Poynter - Reviews are the least expensive and most effective form of book promotion. More than 300 titles are published each day. There is no way anyone can know and rank them. That is why bookstores, libraries and readers rely so heavily on book reviews. Reviews sell books.

• Be Your Own Literary Agent and Get Published by Robin Van Auken - So you're one of 20 million Americans who want to write a book. If you've already written a manuscript, chances are you're looking for agent representation.

• Benefits of an Agent For an Author by Mary Jensen - When I first started writing, I never considered the idea of having an agent. I have examined many publisher websites. I also follow blogs of some people in the industry (authors, agents, editors).

• BOOK CLUB SALES -- INCREASING THE ODDS by Joni Hamilton - What is a book club sale? It is actually a rights sale or a licensing agreement: you are granting permission to a book club the right to “borrow” your work. You have written a book, and now you are allowing a book club to print and distribute your book to its members. Selling to book clubs can be one of the more lucrative book marketing strategies.

• BOOK EVENTS AUTHORS SHOULD ATTEND by Kathryn Lively - Whether you write science fiction or mystery, poetry or romance, ultimately you will have something in common with writers of different genres: the need to promote your work.

• Book Marketing - Selling Your Work In An Internet Marketing Environment by Donald E. McCauley - There are over 300 million sites on the Internet. People, not knowing an author's name or title, will search using a generic phrase such as 'children's book'. Some search engines will return over 38 million hits for such a phrase. And most searchers will only look through the first 20 or 30 search engine results before stopping.

• Book Marketing By Tying Into Breaking News by R. Scott Lorenz - Can you pounce on a breaking news event? Not everybody can, but if your subject has breaking news potential then you'd better be ready to take advantage of it.

• Book Promotion - What Does a Publicist Do For an Author? by Yvonne Perry - Times have changed and gone are the days when marketing was part of the package offered to authors by the publishing house.

• BOOK PROPOSALS 101.: WHAT PUBLISHERS WANT by Sophfronia Scott - Lots of writers like to talk about writing books. You hear very few talking about writing book proposals. Maybe that's why it's easy to forget that a strong book proposal is the first step to getting a great deal for your non-fiction book. It's where you make the big pitch and tell the editor everything that's going to make him or her want to buy.

• BOOK PUBLICITY - A POWERFUL APPROACH by Linda Leon - If you write according to what people need you will always have an audience. People always want to know something about something, or how to do something better. If you can fill the need and then expand on this you will eventually develop the audience that you want.

• Book Publishing Contracts For Writers: What Should I Look Out For? - Rather than reproduce the entire contract, I'm going to just excerpt the highlights and follow them with my comments or thoughts. I am deliberately not talking about royalty percentage, advances, and other specific numbers because those aren't really appropriate to publish in a public forum of this nature.

• BOOK SIGNINGS ARE PURE GOLD by Cheryl Kaye - Book signings are your lifeline, your best friend, and they are pure gold. Before you step out into virgin territory and cross that boundary that is called a book signing, endless questions will bombard your brain. How many books should you expect to sell?

• BOOSTING BOOK SALES THROUGH DISCUSSIONS AND FORUMS by Dee Power - Discussion Groups can be a gold mine for generating interest in your book. Search discussion group sites like Yahoo Groups and Google Groups for groups that are relevant to the topic of your book. You can also search for discussion groups by subject matter.

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