"Though publishers use lawyers to write the publishing contracts that authors sign, authors don't seem to realize they, too, need a lawyer to understand those same contracts."

If you are anything like most authors and aspiring authors, you have an idea for a book and perhaps the title. As you move closer to the process of w...

Only once in my career did I ever think a radio interview was not worth my time and I ended it with a simple gesture - I hung up. About seven years...

Are memoirs fact, fiction, or a combination of both? It depends on how seriously you want to take them.

You set out to lose 20 pounds and you are excited, energized and can see your ideal physique just around the corner. You start out strong, you are ma...

A few times a month I hear from folks who ask me to promote a workshop on how to write your book in a weekend. Huh? Write a book in a weekend? Unles...

As an author (of any subject matter), being successful means you have to be a good myth buster. There are countless myths and beliefs that prevent peo...

Have you ever heard that you should dress for the job you want? The implication is to look the part so that your boss can picture you in the position...

For the past several months I have been staying current with all the information written about the surge of digital reader sales and the popularity o...

That is the question. There are many advantages to writing or translating your book to a digital version: shorter to-market turn time, less cost, e-b...

There was a time when having a self-published book meant you were not good enough to have a real book - or at least that was the perception. Many aut...

Is getting on television your equivalent to hitting a home run when it comes to PR for your book or platform? To many people it is and there is no de...

I had planned it all out to the last detail. It was one of the biggest, most fashionable singles events ever pulled off by any relationship author. ...

To potential authors, agents can seem like the fairy Godmother, who guides the author's books along the path to greatness. Here is an insider's perspective of what an agent really does.

Tim Ferriss discusses why a healthy sex life is essential to dieting in his book The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman.

Tim Ferriss' The 4-Hour Body was released and has already made it to The New York Times Bestseller list. My partner recently had the opportunity to speak with him.

For the past twenty years I have been fully immersed in the publishing world as an author, book publicist, and literary agent. I even filled 23 hours...

It is confession time. How many of you checked the analytic stats of unique visitors and watched your google ranking when you first built your websit...

Seventy-five years after its inception, the New York Times best-seller list will have a new sibling, of sorts. It will begin publishing best seller lists of electronic books.

As authors, we are expected to produce interesting and clever book titles. That is not always possible. Consider using one (or all) of these methods if you're struggling.

Unlike a traditional book tour, Virtual Book Tours happen in the comfort of your home. Essentially, you spend the day in your bathrobe while interacting with your readers and fans.

I don't think it makes sense that an ebook should cost the same as a hard copy because no one had to print, ship or warehouse it.

When you are on the couch watching an advertisement, it takes far more effort, time and, quite frankly, memory to go online and follow through with your initial interest in a purchase.

Many authors have a real job while trying to write a book. We do most of our work in solitude, translating what exists in our minds to paper for all of the world to see. No stress there, right?