Archives for 2019

Fun Fridays – August 9, 2019

By Steve Laubeon August 9, 2019

To follow up on Monday’s discussion of the printing press, let’s take a five minute walk through the distribution process. Specifically Amazon.com.

This video was release last week, but is already a little out of date. Yesterday FedEx announced they are severing their relationship with Amazon. The effort by Amazon to create their own delivery network was the issue cited.

However, this short video is still a good look inside at the logistics of retail distribution.

Note the short part about the “Last Mile” which is the key to all online retail. On the other hand the “Last Mile” is still the strength of the brick and mortar store since the customer comes to the source instead of the other way around.

Enjoy.

Should I Write Genre Fiction for an Established Line?

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon August 8, 2019

Sadly, Heartsong Presents is no more (shut down in 2014). It was a very popular line of Christian romance novels published by Barbour Publishing. However, when I was a young mother with school-aged children, I appreciated the fact that I didn’t have to market my books when I wrote for Heartsong. Instead, Barbour mailed books to subscribed readers every month. The books sold themselves. They did …

Category: Book Business, Book Proposals, Get Published, Romance, Romantic Suspense, The Writing Life, Trends

036 How to Protect Your Author Platform from Big Tech Censorship

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on August 5, 2019

Is your platform at risk of being destroyed by big tech companies? In this episode, find out what is happening and what to do about it. What is happening Big tech companies are censoring, shadow banning, and suspending accounts of Christian authors. There is a chance you may already be algorithmically shadowbanned and not know it. What is shadow banning? This is when a …

Category: The Writing Life

036 How to Protect Your Author Platform from Big Tech Censorship

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on August 5, 2019

Category: The Writing Life

Book Manufacturing

By Steve Laubeon August 5, 2019

If you ever get the chance to visit a printing press, do it. I've had the privilege to visit two of them. The first was Standard Publishing's printing press in Cincinnati. Their plant is quite large and they do a wide variety of printing, everything from books to curriculum to Star Wars coloring books.

The other plant was Bethany Press International in Bloomington, MN. During my years with …

Category: Book Business, Publishing History, The Publishing LifeTag: book manufacturing, Get Published, printing

Fun Fridays – August 2, 2019

By Steve Laubeon August 2, 2019

So many metaphors for the writing life are expressed in this endearing video. Care to supply one of your own?

Category: Fun Fridays

I Have to Market My Own Book? That’s Not Fair!

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon August 1, 2019

First of all, thank you so much for being a reader of my posts, whether you’re here for the first time or you’ve been reading my words for years. This wouldn’t be a blog community without you. A few weeks ago, someone commented to the effect that publishers expect an awful lot of authors as far as marketing. The author wants to spend time writing. As someone who wrote books for publication for …

Category: Marketing

Your Submissions Questions Answered

By Bob Hostetleron July 31, 2019

Submitting your work to an agent can be scary. What if I get the secret handshake wrong? What if my attempt at humor falls flat? What if this agent really is the ogre he’s rumored to be? And those questions are only the beginning. There are so many. So, in an effort to ease your mind a little and help you along, I’ve decided to list a few submissions-related questions I’ve been asked as an agent, …

Category: Agents, Book Proposals, Pitching

035 How Renae Brumbaugh Green Went from Unpublished to Bestselling Author

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on July 30, 2019

In this episode, recorded live at the 2019 SoCal Christian Writers Conference, Renae Brumbaugh Green shares her journey of going from unpublished homeschool mom to bestselling author of 30 books. Links: Armonia Publishing Renae Brumbaugh Green’s Website The post 035 How Renae Brumbaugh Green Went from Unpublished to Bestselling Author appeared first on Christian Publishing Show.

Category: The Writing Life