4-Point Note for the Self-Published Writer
Like it or not, being a self-published writer entails double or even more hard work than what may be required of a traditionally published writer. As a novice author, you have yet to enjoy the kind of superstar status and exclusive perks given to seasoned and celebrated writers. While they churn out their next bestsellers […] READ MORE |
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Juvenile Xlibris Author Wins 3rd Walt Whitman Award
Xlibris author Isabelle Scott is set to accept her third Walt Whitman Young Poets Award this year. The grade school scholar and former Long Island regional Spelling Bee champion turned Xlibris author published her first poetry book – Isabelle’s Muse: Poems of a Grade School Scholar last year and has since then garnered literary praises. She […] READ MORE |
Author V Leigh Talks about Her Sheer Love of Writing – Part 4
The answer to all writing, to any career for that matter, is love. – Ray Bradbury Despite hurdles encountered in finishing her book, Author V Leigh personifies the above line from one of modern literature’s ardent, iconic writers. This four-part Xlibris Blog is but a fragment of her sheer love of writing. Nevertheless, any resolute […] READ MORE |
Author V Leigh Talks about Her Sheer Love of Writing – Part 3
Every word on V Leigh’s blog feature is seemingly a deft stroke of a pen held by an artist’s hand. Xlibris is grateful to one of its gifted wordsmiths for sharing her sheer love of writing here on the Xlibris Blog. Using her God-given gifts to write ‘Precocious’ During the course of living my life, […] READ MORE |
Study: UK Author Earnings Decline, Self-Publishing Market Evolves
The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), a UK-based membership organization for writers, has commissioned a study on author earnings conducted by Queen Mary, University of London. The report “The Business of Being an Author: A Survey of Author’s Earnings and Contracts” shows “incomes on the slide, but self publishing making an increasing contribution.” Research […] READ MORE |