How To Stay Realistic in Getting Published
As you imagine yourself becoming a published author and the next bestselling sensation, images of grandeur may leave you delusional. It may be frustrating and depressing to stare at piles of rejection slips no matter how politely they were worded. Unlike the happily-ever-after story you have slaved over for years, life isn’t fair. Life isn’t […] READ MORE |
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New Xlibris Bestsellers Released
More Xlibris authors are reaping the rewards of self-publishing by going out of their way to self-market their books. They are also well aware that book sales depend on book quality, the author’s ability and motivation to reach audiences, and reader interest in a particular topic. Here are the new authors that made it to […] READ MORE |
Author Solutions Optimistic about Self-Publishing
Things are looking up for Xlibris parent company Author Solutions (AS), the self-publishing arm of Penguin Random House. In an interview with weekly news magazine Publishers Weekly, AS president and CEO Andrew Phillips revealed the company’s growing commitment to provide quality and upfront services to its existing and prospective authors, as well as improved measures […] READ MORE |
NaNoWriMo kicks off in November
Can you whip up a novel in 30 days? That’s the challenge of the annual National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Organizers of this 30-day writing challenge call it “a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing” and reminds every aspiring novelist that “the world needs your novel.” In an interview from online news website SFGate, NaNoWriMo […] READ MORE |
An Advice on Authorship and Authority
The doors are wide open for those who want to write and get published. Such is the marvel that the advent of self-publishing has gifted aspiring authors. Despite this freedom, some pundits believe that one cannot simply write on a whim especially if one is not an expert of what one is writing about. Independently […] READ MORE |