What does it mean to have a voice, one that from the first line grabs you and remains with you long after the last one? A strong, unique voice aligned with all the elements of life? Such is the question I have been mulling over of late.

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.

Blog tours are all the rage right now for indie and traditionally-published authors. My advice: think it through, and then talk to other people who've done them, and think it through again.

Rather than invest all their energy in publishing traditionally, authors are taking advantage of their options by choosing the publishing method that's right for them or right for the particular project. With so many choices, how do you know which is right for you?

I learned that starting your career opens you up to a whole new set of possible disappointments, and that even small ones can work your last nerve.

It was, as most in publishing felt, a last-ditch effort to see your work in print. But anyone who has actually worked it, meaning gotten a good book out, taking the time to find the exact right cover and then putting their heart and soul into marketing knows that there's nothing vain about this process.

Once upon a time, authors wrote big books about big topics. The competition was Freudian: whoever had the longest one could brag the most. Today, however, neither authors nor readers seek size from their books.

Get out there on the blogosphere and you're going to run across it: strong words--yea or nay--about the merits of e-publishing.

I know from personal experience that writing books makes you particularly opinionated about the publishing industry, but Brad Feld is actually doing something about it. I sat down with him to talk about BookShout.

In this interview, Guy shares his thoughts on publishing and why he decided to forgo the traditional model and go indie.

Landing a book contract with a major publisher, Penguin, was a dream come true, and I thought I knew what awaited me.

Maybe the Mayans had the American publishing industry in mind when their calendar conked out. If you thought 2012 was a bad year for traditional book publishing, and it was, you'll be nostalgic for it by the end of 2013.

Hurricane Sandy impacted many people who work in the book industry, from publishers to ...

Aptaracorp has released its annual survey of ebook production trends, and to mark the event (and to get more publicity) they've come up with a dramati...

I keep meeting authors who rave about their agents as if they were combinations of the Buddha and Captain America. My own experience with agents has been anything but positive, and the first agent who took me on was a paragon of imperfection.

For women -- who historically have been forced to live in a man's world -- the new publishing models are all about control. Now that's all changed.

1. Don't assume everyone will wake up the day your book comes out and rush out to buy it . (No one can buy a book they have never heard of.)

In a dynamic and creative society like ours, change means new opportunities and new challenges. The fact is that the reading public is expanding globally by leaps and bounds.

It's good to remember that publishing isn't just about finding the right place to print and publish your book. It's about a lot more than that. Publishing is a business.

Is the "prestige" of a traditional publisher's imprint mostly illusory in the context of the new world of publishing?