BookWire: The Book Industry Resource

There’s a new publishing sheriff in town, and it’s name is BookWire… For those of you who don’t know BookWire, this marketing bird encourages all to check them out. At BookWire, Writers and authors can find: Videos Booksellers Libraries Agents Editors Interviews Publishers and much more… Visit BookWire.com for bookreviews, author resources, press releases, featured [...]

LitMinds: A Community for Readers, Authors and Indie Bookstores

What LitMinds Means to AuthorTree??? Here’s a community that not only allows authors to register their book information for free, but also connect with other writers and local bookstores for possible literary events. It’s an amazing network whether you’re just a reader browsing for a book, or you’re a bookstore owner looking to draw more [...]

Keeping a Coollist, Checking It Twice: Easily Manage Your E-mail Announcements for Free

Introducing Coollist, the online solution for easily managing and promptly sending your mailing list your author updates, publishing news and event announcements.   Essentially, Coollist is a web-based system for anyone to easily create free mailing lists, which helps your friends, fans and community communicate and share ideas quickly via e-mail. Easy to use and [...]

Profit Prophecies: Preparing & Predicting Your Future Royalties

Unfortunately, there aren’t any fortunetellers or crystal balls that can accurately predict the success of your book in the publishing marketplace, which can make your publishing decision all the scarier.   No author wants to gamble with their writing career, nor invent a large budget in promotional campaigns that may or may not work. Not [...]

Release Me At Once: Smart Planning When Timing Your Book Release

A book’s release is a huge opportunity to both celebrate its publication and promote its content. Having an interesting and popularized release party planned ahead of time can generate massive pre-orders as well as future buzz. And should a similar story turn into a hot topic on the news or radio, you might be able [...]