M.J. Rose

Author/Marketer

Buy other authors' books when you go to their events. Even if you aren't going to read it. Even if you are going to give it away. Even if you aren't interested. Not just for the author but for the bookstore. It's karma and just plain good manners.

Alexandra Monir

YA author of "Timeless" and "Timekeeper" (Random House)

A couple months ago, I had the surreal experience of walking into a Manhattan Barnes & Noble and finding my second novel, Timekeeper, on the Teen New Releases shelf along with Kirsten Smith's second book, Trinkets.

Fauzia Burke

Founder and President, FSB

Social media is sexy, but the real power of your relationship with your fans is in email newsletters. The people on your mailing list are your "Super Fans." They are the ones who have given you permission to show up in their inbox. That invitation is very valuable.

Lisa Parkin

Social Media Consultant, YA Book Blogger

With The Selection sequel The Elite currently on the New York Times bestseller list, Kiera Cass is an author to be reckoned with.

A.J. Walkley

Author, 'Queer Greer' and 'Choice'

Going through my first Kickstarter campaign, I learned a lot that I wanted to share with others considering this route to crowdfund a novel or writing project:

Lev Raphael

Author, reviewer and blogger

Some authors, begging for attention, even go overboard and live too much of their lives in social media, recording every twitch of consciousness as if the fate of publishing depended on it. Their neediness -- however disguised -- is epic and sometimes pathetic.

Kimberlie I. Leon

Director of Marketing, BookExpo America

Terri Barnes

Spouse Calls, Stars and Stripes

Military members and families are not cultural aberrants looking for a cold niche in which to hide. We are not cold timid souls whose lack of emotion leads us to a military life scrubbed of feeling. The experiences of our lives, much like yours, are inextricably tied to our emotions.

Carre Otis

Wife, mother, author, activist, model

I've come to understand that language impacts thought, and vice versa. Without owning the word "no," and all the other language under what I like to think of as the "No Umbrella," I was denying myself the conviction and power that comes with it.

Rob Asghar

University Fellow, USC Center on Public Diplomacy

A less-well known group of literary figures have taken an opposite approach to championing books -- by capitalizing on the very changes that have even spooked thriller novelist James Patterson.

J.E. Fishman

Author of Primacy, Cadaver Blues and The Dark Pool

Let's sit down, break bread, and figure out how to guarantee that books by all writers, big and small, will have a prosperous future.

Democracy Now!

Independent, weekday news hour, anchored by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González

As the Senate holds its first-ever public hearing on drones and targeted killings, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman sits down for an extended interview...

Amy Chavez

Columnist, The Japan Times

The Buddhist pilgrimage appeals to the motives of the independent traveler in us. Meditation appeals to our inward search for meaning.

Lev Raphael

Author, reviewer and blogger

Dan Chaon was recently taken to task in Salon for suggesting that young writers read literary fiction. Why? Because it's "terrible." But Chaon wasn't recommending that young writers read only literary fiction. His advice was actually more specific than that.

Peter Finocchiaro

Front page editor, The Huffington Post

Anybody who's kept up with my blog (sup, Mom) knows that I've been reading a little bit of David Shields lately. What you don't know is how totally his books have bowled me over.

Justin Hernandez

Writer and author, 'Inside the Vortex'

Gay men are regarded as trendsetters, with people looking to us for indicators about where pop culture is heading. If you think I'm off the mark with that statement, take a moment to examine the music, television, art, and fashion landscapes over the past thirty years and then get back to me.