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Your Author Toolbox: Part 2
Discover the best tools for writers to streamline your author business, or turn podcasts into optimized blog content with the powerful Novel Marketing Patron Toolbox suite.
How to Become a Professional Writer With Joanna Penn
Learn the mindset and approach to create a sustainable professional author business that appeals to readers and builds your career.
Why Your Book Isn’t Selling: Metadata with Dave Chesson
Discover how metadata for books can significantly improve your book sales and visibility in online stores like Amazon.
How to Format a Book With Vellum
Learn how Vellum can save you money, time, and headache when formatting your next book or reader magnet.
2025 Laptop Buying Guide for Authors
Find the ideal laptop for authors and avoid overspending on unnecessary features that do not enhance your writing experience.
How to Grow Your Email List Fast With Giveaways
Need more subscribers? Explore the Kingsumo book giveaway technique that helped one author gain thousands of new emails.
Author Website Review: Christian Historical Romance
Explore strengths and weaknesses in website design and functionality for several bestselling historical Christian romance authors.
Read This Before Your Next Podcast Guest Interview
Learn how to sound like a pro during your podcast interview. Get tips on achieving good podcast sound without breaking the bank.
Writing Craft
Writing Craft
Stop Writing Book Series!
Uncover the truth about writing a book series. Learn why it can be a risky endeavor for new authors.
How to Worldbuild Your Book into a Bestseller
Discover the power of story worldbuilding to captivate readers and boost book sales. Create immersive settings that leave a lasting impact.
How to Write Stories Readers Will Love by Knowing the Zeitgeist
If it takes you two years to write a book, you owe it to yourself to ask the question, "What kinds of books will be popular in two years?" Reader preferences change over time, but sometimes they change rapidly. If you don't keep up, you can get stuck writing a book...
How to Write Enduring Bestsellers with the Two-Act Chiastic Structure
Struggling to write your three-act story? Discover another story structure from ancient history that will satisfy your readers and help you finish your book.
Book Marketing 101: Product
If your book isn’t a good product, marketing gets harder. Find out whose opinion counts and learn to create a good book readers want to buy and read.
How to Extend Your Book’s Life With Effective Marketing
Find out how to market your book in the four stages of its lifecycle and how to extend book sales on older books.
How to Hook Readers in the First 50 Pages
Learn how to optimize that tiny window to grab your reader within the first 50 pages and convince them to finish your book.
How to Find Your Timothy
One person’s opinion about your book is more important than anyone else’s. Discover who it is and how to find them before you publish.
Book Design
Book Design
How to Hire a Good Editor
Every successful author needs a professional editor. Learn three simple steps for finding a good editor who will improve your book.
AI Tools for Authors
When you use artificial intelligence tools for writing, you can improve your craft and create books faster. Find out which AI tools will benefit you most.
How to Get the Most Out of Scrivener
Scrivener is a popular writing software for authors. Learn about some of its best features in our interview with David Lee Martin.
Effective Book Cover Design
A bad book cover can ruin all your marketing efforts. Learn what makes a good book cover in this interview with a top cover designer.
Print On Demand vs Offset Printing for Indie Books
Find out which printing method makes the best business sense for your book’s genre and your author career.
How to Create a Design Brief for Your Book Cover
Help your cover designer create the best possible book cover by providing a design brief document. Learn what to include and avoid.
How to Use Your Book’s Back Matter to Sell More Books
Learn how to use your book’s back matter to sell more books and grow your email list.
How to Relaunch a Book With Chris Fox
How to use the relaunch strategy to revive sales on your old novels.
Business Advice
Business Advice
How to Protect Your Writing From Reputation Theft
Learn how to protect your writing from copyright infringement and which legal tools help you deal with AI-generated fraudulent versions of your books.
How to Run an Independent Publishing Company
Learn how running your own independent publishing company compares with publishing with a small house and how you can start your own company.
How to Make Money as an Author Assistant
If your publishing journey is sapping your bank account, learn how working as an author assistant will help you earn and learn simultaneously.
How to Save Money as an Author
There's an old saying that the way to make a small fortune in publishing is to start with a large fortune. While the early days of publishing favored independently wealthy authors, things have changed. Publishing may be cheaper than it once was, but it’s not free....
Yes, YOU Can Make a Living as a Writer, Here’s How
There are four different ways authors can earn a living through writing. Find out which one you can leverage to make an income.
How to Sell Your Book In Person (and make way more money per copy)
Author make the most profit when they sell books in person. Take these five steps to sell more books and increase your revenue.
The Author’s Guide to LLCs
Learn when and why you should form an LLC for your author business. Discover who can help you get it done and how much it will cost.
7 Kinds of Indie Authors
Find out which kind of indie author you are and which sales strategies and promotional tools will work best for you.
Productivity
Productivity
Book Promotion in 2025: How AI Gives Authors More Time to Write
Learn how authors can use AI to generate book marketing ideas, audience descriptions, and images so they can reclaim their time for writing.
Project Management for Authors
Discover how project management techniques can help authors tackle the overwhelming task of writing, publishing, and marketing their books.
Why Your Book is Still Unfinished (Hint: It’s Your Phone’s Fault)
10 tips for using your smartphone to increase your productivity and limiting its ability to keep you from writing your book.
From Tech Timid to Tech Savvy: How to Master Any Technology
Fear of technology keeps many authors from moving forward. Learn how to master technology and have fewer tech headaches.
Brandon Sanderson’s Crop Rotation Method for Restful Rapid Writing
If writing seems harder than it used to or you feel burnt out, consider this four-step method of rotation to revive your writing career.
How to Write More Productively
If you need a plan and process for writing books, learn the secret to writing multiple books every year in this interview with author Angela Hunt.
7 Things Santa Can Teach Authors About Book Marketing
Seven book marketing lessons from Santa for Authors
Tools To Make Publishing Easier
We are in the process of replacing the dirt and rocks in our backyard with...
Independent Publishing
Indie Publishing
How to Publish Your Book as an Audiobook With Scott Sigler
The booming audiobook market is prompting many authors to consider publishing their own audiobooks. Discover how to get your book on audio and increase your sales.
Time-Saving Tools for Authors
If you’re losing time or simply want to fine-tune your writing systems, check out these time-saving tools for authors.
How to Successfully Self Publish Your Book with James Blatch
Learn the seven critical steps to successfully self-publishing your book, and find out how to excel at each step of the process.
Black Friday Book Promotion Tips for Authors
Eight tips and three warnings to help you make the most of your Black Friday book promotion and marketing plan.
Hybrid Publishing
Is working with a hybrid publisher the right decision for you? Learn the pros and cons of hybrid publishing and how to explore your options.
Innovative Indie Marketing with S.D. Smith
Independent authors need marketing tools and skills to be successful. Learn how one indie author reduced his reliance on gatekeepers and sold books directly to his readers.
How to Run a Kickstarter Campaign for Your Second Book with Jonathan Shuerger
Learn how to raise money from future readers, pay for your book before you publish it, and reward your supporters for contributing.
How Jack Ellem Went from Unpublished to Bestselling Indie Author
Find out how Jack Ellem became a bestselling indie author in two foreign countries while living in Australia and learn how his strategies can work for you.
Traditional Publishing
Trad Pub
Where to Find Mentorship for Your Publishing Career
Discover 10 places where you can find a writing mentor, from inexpensive avenues to more costly one-on-one options for authors.
How One Author Used Her Shelved Manuscript to Get a 3 Book Deal
How One Author Used Her Shelved Manuscript to Get a 3 Book Deal
How to Get A Publishing Board To Buy Your Book
If you want to be traditionally published, you need to know these 6 decision-makers and which part of your proposal matters to each.
How David Rawlings Broke Into the US Market Despite Living Overseas (Case Study)
Australian novelist David Rawlings secured an American agent and publisher from 7,500 miles away. In this article, he shares his best tips for new authors.
092 – The Guaranteed Way to Become A Bestselling Novelist
There are no shortcuts to becoming a bestselling author, but there is a road map. Discover the route to publication that will keep you on track.
How to Get an Agent With Rachelle Gardner
Find out what literary agents are looking for in new authors and how you can increase your chances of signing with an agent.
082 – How to Get an Agent
Find out how to get an agent and leverage their expertise in the publishing industry. Learn how a great agent can boost your career.
045 – Five Keys to Working with Book Stores, Before You’re Published and After
Some say bookstores are only interested in promoting the best-selling authors....
Conference Tips
Conference Tips
How to Craft a Compelling Elevator Pitch for Your Book
Learn how to talk about your book in a concise, compelling way that will interest publishing professionals and make readers want to buy.
How to Sell More Books Using Bookmarks and Business Cards
Learn how to make the best use of two important printed marketing tools.
How to Get an Agent With Rachelle Gardner
Find out what literary agents are looking for in new authors and how you can increase your chances of signing with an agent.
082 – How to Get an Agent
Find out how to get an agent and leverage their expertise in the publishing industry. Learn how a great agent can boost your career.
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Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding
Working with Beta Readers, Crowdfunding, and More with Curt Iles
In this episode, we’re not going to be talking theory, but real-world examples of an author using the principles we talk about on Novel Marketing.
049 – How to Use Crowdfunding to Fund Your Next Book Advance
Discover the pros and cons of using crowdfunding to publish your next book.
The Ultimate Crowdfunding Course for Authors Is Here
We've spent quite a bit of time at Author Media talking about crowdfunding-- what it is, how awesome it is, and how to make it happen. A few months ago, we turned that talk into action, and put our own "Crowdfunding Is Awesome" theory to the test in just about the...
7 Kickstarter Mistakes We Made on MyBookTable
Kickstarter is changing the way that self-published authors are raising money for their books. Here are some hard lessons we learned on our first project.
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Audiobook Publishing
Audiobooks
How to Market Your Audiobook
These seven strategies will help you form a close connection with your audience, create a high-quality audio experience, and sell more audiobooks.
How to Turn Your Book Into An Audiobook
Learn about tools and options for turning your book into an audiobook.
7 Reasons Why Your Book Should Also Be An Audiobook
Most books don’t end up as audiobooks and I think this is a huge marketing mistake for the following reasons.
068 – Where to Spend Your Marketing Money
Episode 068 – Where to Spend Your Marketing Money (3790) We often discuss what not to spend your money on, and we feature free marketing techniques. In this article, we'll answer a question from Erica Borgerson, author of The Lazy Girl Guide to Healthy...
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