Get Famous Fast

Denise Brodey, 11.13.2009

Multimedia Brand Strategist on Women and Health

You can mourn the death of publishing or you can start bushwhacking a new book trail. These women certainly have.

Six Things Book Publicists Love to Hear

Laurence Hughes, 11.12.2009

Book Flack, Writer

"Do you think we can get Oprah?" Generally asked by an author whose book is wildly inappropriate for Oprah and who has never actually seen Oprah, but who's heard that Oprah sells books.

Moving the Needle

Nathan Bransford, 11.11.2009

Literary Agent

Editors want to take authors to the next level or make a splash with a debut. Publishers want to gain traction with new electronic formats. Sales and marketing teams want to make a splash. Everyone is desperate for a hit.

STRIP & REBIND: Why Publicists Love the Word "No"

Cassie Ammerman, 11.09.2009

Associate Publicist, Oxford University Press

There is a word that publicists love almost as much as "yes." And it's "no." Seems counterintuitive, right? But it's true. There is little I love more than a solid "no."

Publishing's Next Big Thing and Its Next Big Headache, Part I

David Colbert, 11.07.2009

Author, former editor and agent

A reader spends a lot of time with a book. Ads will have time to sink in. That makes the medium valuable. Google isn't getting into the book business for charity.

Transcend and Include: Fictionaut and the Future of the Literary Magazine

Jurgen Fauth, 11.05.2009

Writer, editor, film critic, and co-founder of Fictionaut

It may be more productive to consider the changes roiling the publishing industry evolutionary rather than revolutionary.

The State of the Crime Novel

Jason Pinter, 11.05.2009

Bestselling Thriller Writer

I've asked six of the most renowned crime fiction critics in the country to weigh in with their thoughts on the state of the crime novel. I hope you find their responses as interesting as I did.

Winners Get Up One More Time

Robbie Vorhaus, 11.04.2009

Communications, crisis and reputation advisor.

Lance Armstrong said, "Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever."

The Writer-in-Chief

Steve Ross, 11.03.2009

Former President, Collins Division at HarperCollins and Sr. VP, Crown Division at Random House

Dreams from My Father had received a few impressive blurbs and favorable reviews, but had sold only a few thousand copies, so had been out of print for years.

Going "Indie": Rebranding the New Wave of Authors

Rob Asghar, 10.29.2009

Fellow, USC Center on Public Diplomacy

Stop calling yourself a self-published author. You are an independent author, and you wrote an independently published book, not a self-published book.

Books That Can Help Our Children Find a Path Through a Scary World (And Maybe Make Things a Little Better)

John Mesjak, 10.29.2009

Founder and Editor of my3books.com, Independent Sales Rep

Wherever your children are first exposed to the messy facts of our world, there will inevitably be questions about it. Luckily, young adult versions of informative books are here to help.

How to Win Big at NaNoWriMo

Michael Ashley, 10.29.2009

Founder & Chief Technology Officer at FastPencil, Inc.

One wildly successful program has helped thousands of writers get published. It's called National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. Every November writers are challenged to create a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.

Maintaining Your Writing Career

Andrew Zack, 10.28.2009

President, The Zack Company, Inc., and Author Coach LLC

Your publishing career requires maintenance. And sometimes if you want the job done right, you'd better do it yourself, or at least keep an eye out to make sure it's getting done.

Not a Simple Price War -- It's a Fight Over What You Get to Read

William Petrocelli, 10.28.2009

Author, attorney, and bookseller

What looks like a simple price war between Amazon, Target, and Walmart over a handful of bestsellers is symptomatic of a much deeper problem in the book business.

Bob Trask: An American Thinker

Heather Robinson, 10.29.2009

Senior Writer for the New York Daily News

Human beings have great power over ourselves and our life's direction through the exercise of free will. "We create our realities by where we focus our attention," Trask writes.

Bringing Sexy Back to Self-Publishing

Jonathan Fields, 10.27.2009

Blogger, serial entrepreneur, book marketer and author of Career Renegade

Most self-published books are, well, um, not good. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be written, though. If you're drawn to write and you love the process, go ahead and write.

Predators in the Book Biz

Bruce Harris, 10.27.2009

Publishing Consultant

The pre-printed price, establishing the value of a book, is the temptress that has seduced the biggest merchants in the country to go for each other's jugular.

The Billboard Analogy and the Importance of Proving that Social Media Sells

J.S. McDougall, 10.27.2009

Co-Founder of Catalyst Webworks

There's value in familiarity. So then, why, if corporate giants continue to see the value in pouring untrackable advertisements out into the real world, do so many companies hesitate online?

Celebrity Memoir 101

Jason Pinter, 10.26.2009

Bestselling Thriller Writer

A new celebrity memor in the bestselling tradition of Paris Hilton, Bret Michaels, Jodie Sweetin, Jerry O'Connell, Tori Spelling, Dustin Diamond, Maureen McCormick and David Hasselhoff.

Learning to read between the lines

Aileen Kwun, 10.27.2009

For the past two years, I worked for an independent press specializing in architecture, graphic design, and visual culture, which means I got to work ...

Are There Good Men in Sing Sing?

Tom Matlack, 10.24.2009

Co-founder of The Good Men Project

I am here at Sing Sing to to bring The Good Men Project, the anthology I've edited, inside the prison -- physically and in spirit.