For the Love of Bringing Books to Life: Write, Publish, and Be Known
The Future of Print Books: New Data on Ebooks vs. Print
This morning, book designer, Mark Gelotte, sent me a link to a recent Wall Street Journal article reporting that the trend toward ebooks is leveling out and that non-fiction book readers tend to favor print. According to the Pew Research Center, nearly 90% of e-book readers continue to read physical volumes. What does this mean for you as a nonfiction author? If you’re planning to self publish, you may want to offer both print and ebook versions. On a panel at the Harvard Medical School CME publishing course last week, Literary Agent and author of You Should Really Write a[...]
How to Get Published by Gateway Publishers: An Interview with Author Ginger Moran
When my colleague, Ginger Moran told me her novel, The Algebra of Snow, was being published by a gateway press, I was curious–and knew my readers would be interested, too. What is a gateway press? What’s the advantage over self publishing? Here are Ginger’s answers and a bit more about her edgy novel which I absolutely loved (I ordered 5 copies as gifts!). Lisa: Before we get to the gateway press that’s publishing the Algebra of Snow, can you tell my readers a bit about the history of the book? It was nominated for the Pushcart Editor’s Choice Award—a special[...]
Boost Your Book Writing with a Blog
On Social Women this past Tuesday, Pat Paolino Cruz, Bronwyn Dannenfelser and Amy Diaz asked great questions about blogging and book writing. In response, I shared some of the synergies that happen when you blog and how your blog can help your book. Here’s the video, with lots more information on book writing, publishing and 3 of my favorite tips for getting started–and I even provide some homework at the end. If you take on the assignment, please come back to the blog and share your insights this exercise is sure to create for you. Here are 9 ways blogging[...]
How to Fund Your Book Project
Years ago, photographer Scott Indermaur told me of his dream of putting his photographs from the REVEALED Project into a book. Not easy getting a publisher for a photography book in this competitive market and economy. And, of course, self publishing a photography book full of photos on high quality paper is a much more expensive endeavor than self-publishing a how-to book. So, that seemed out of the question, until Scott discovered KickStarter and put together his own funding campaign to underwrite the project and make his book a reality. Last fall I received the request that went out to[...]
Joshua Edwards Wrote 10 E-books in 3 Days: Here’s How
This is the second time Joshua Home Edwards has facilitated the technical details for my Bring Your Book to Life Program teleseminar series. The first time around he told me the classes inspired him and that some day he hoped to write a book. Second time around, he started thinking about really writing that book and I shared the course materials with him. In 3 days he’d written 10 E-books, each one with 35 prayers of gratitude from people around the world to the God of their understanding. I was struck by the power of the story about how this[...]
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