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Publishing Myths That Will Waste Your Time and Money

Publishing Myths That Will Waste Your Time and Money

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jul 6, 2020 | Business Advice, Publishing

Don’t fall for these nine publishing myths that spread like a virus. Keep your publishing career healthy and learn what to do instead of falling for viral myths.

Where to Find Mentorship for Your Publishing Career

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Dec 2, 2019 | Independent Publishing, Publishing, Traditional Publishing

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

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | May 6, 2019 | Publishing, Traditional Publishing

How One Author Used Her Shelved Manuscript to Get a 3 Book Deal

How to Get A Publishing Board To Buy Your Book

How to Get A Publishing Board To Buy Your Book

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Apr 29, 2019 | Publishing, Traditional Publishing

If you want to be traditionally published, you need to know these 6 decision-makers and which part of your proposal matters to each.

Six Things Readers are Looking for on Your Website

Six Things Readers are Looking for on Your Website

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Sep 25, 2018 | Author Websites, Branding, Platform

Seven Things Readers are Looking for on Your Website

How To Set up Pre-Orders for Your Indie Book

How To Set up Pre-Orders for Your Indie Book

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Aug 7, 2018 | Independent Publishing, Promotion, Publishing

When should indie authors offer a preorder on Amazon, and when is it a bad idea? An indie author answers and shares how to set up a preorder.

How One Author Used Her Shelved Manuscript to Get a 3 Book Deal

148 – How to Get Libraries to Buy Your Indie Book, with Lacy Williams

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jul 31, 2018 | Independent Publishing, Promotion, Publishing

In this episode, we talk with Lacy Williams about how to get libraries to buy your indie books using services like Overdrive and Draft2Digital. 

How to Spot a Publishing Scam

How to Spot a Publishing Scam

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jul 17, 2018 | Business Advice, Independent Publishing, PR, Promotion, Publishing, Traditional Publishing

In this Novel Marketing Podcast episode, we are going to talk about publishing scams and how to avoid them. Don’t get bamboozled by a charlatan!

How One Author Used Her Shelved Manuscript to Get a 3 Book Deal

141 – Amazon Books and the Future of Brick and Mortar Retail

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jun 12, 2018 | News, Promotion, Publishing, Traditional Publishing

In this episode, we talk about Amazon’s brick and mortar bookstores, the future of paper books, and how they affect you as an author.

How One Author Used Her Shelved Manuscript to Get a 3 Book Deal

130 – Myths Authors Believe  

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Mar 27, 2018 | Promotion

In this episode, we are going to talk about a few of the myths and lies writers are prone to believe which can derail us or send us in wrong directions or keep us from going in the direction we should be headed.  

How One Author Used Her Shelved Manuscript to Get a 3 Book Deal

115 –  Why Traditional Authors should NEVER pay for marketing

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Dec 13, 2017 | Business Advice, Publishing, Traditional Publishing

Many authors view spending money on book marketing as part of building a platform. Here’s why that’s a mistake.

How One Author Used Her Shelved Manuscript to Get a 3 Book Deal

046 – Why You Should Love It When Your Novel Gets Pirated

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Sep 16, 2014 | Business Advice, Promotion, Publishing

If your book is pirated, have you really lost a ton of sales? Find out in this episode.

Angela Hunt’s Journey from Unpublished to Over 1 Million Book Sales

Angela Hunt’s Journey from Unpublished to Over 1 Million Book Sales

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jun 24, 2014 | Publishing, Traditional Publishing

Angela Hunt shares her publishing journey.

How One Author Used Her Shelved Manuscript to Get a 3 Book Deal

030 – Selling An Editor So She Can Sell to Pub Board With Allen Arnold

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | May 26, 2014 | Conference Tips, Publishing, Traditional Publishing

This week we are talking with Allen Arnold about how to overcome that mysterious barrier to publication called “pub board.”
14 Publishing Predictions for 2014

14 Publishing Predictions for 2014

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Dec 31, 2013 | News

We have asked the experts and here is what they think 2014 will hold for authors and publishers.

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