Writing Insights – 20-Second Writing Tip: Create a Hook for Your Book
Doris Booth
Doris Booth is founder and president of Authorlink®, the news and information magazine for editors, agents, writers, and readers, ranked among top websites for writers. The company’s separate literary agency represents some bestselling authors, both domestically and abroad. Doris has sold projects to St. Martin’s Press, Simon & Schuster, Sterling Publishing (Barnes and Noble), Berkley Books/Penguin, Farrar Straus Giroux and other dominant houses. She has also been involved in rights negotiations for two hit Netflix docuseries, as well as with other production studios. The agency is not accepting new authors at this time, but writers are encouraged to use Authorlink® as a comprehensive resource.
Writing: Does Amazon Take a Percentage or Flat Fee on e-Book Sales?
How Amazon pays you to sell a book depends on whether you are publishing through its self-publishing platform and in which plan you select, or whether you have an agent and have sold to Amazon's own publishing unit which operates more on the lines of a traditional...
Interview: Brad Parks on His Thriller, Unthinkable
Unthinkable, Brad Parks, Thomas & Mercer – Bestselling author Brad Parks is a pro at taking unusual, even “out there” premises, then populating them with relatable characters and grounding them in such realistic detail you almost believe the story could really happen.
Why Worry About Amazon’s Dominance in Books and Movies?
Editor's Note: In June 2021, Congress introduced legislation that, if passed, could force Amazon to break up. The bills come after a 15-month investigation into whether big tech has monopoly power in the economy. The Federal Trade Commission continues to investigate...
How Do You Know If Your Self-Published Novel Will Be a Success?
Writing Insights – Unfortunately, there is no sure way to know if your self-published novel will succeed.
How Do I Test a Book Title for My First Book?
Writing Insights – How Do I Test a Book Title for My First Book?
Interview: The Hunting Wives, Scandalously Good
Interview: The Hunting Wives, May Cobb, Berkley Hardcover – Bad, bougie, bawdy, and bored: a recipe for disaster… and murder. THE HUNTING WIVES, (Berkley Hardcover; May 18,2021) by May Cobb.
If You Self Publish on Amazon, Who Owns the Copyright?
Writing Insights – If You Self Publish on Amazon, Who Owns the Copyright?
Interview: Body of Stars Explores Fate of Womanhood
Body of Stars, Laura Walter, Dutton Penguin Random House – From debut novelist Laura Maylene Walter, a bold and dazzling exploration of fate and female agency in a world very similar to our own—except that the markings on women’s bodies reveal the future. Laura braved 200 + rejections before her novel found a home.
How to Get a Book Published
About eighty percent of humans who answered various surveys in recent years say that someday they would like to write a book and get published. Perhaps half of those will start writing. Maybe five percent of the forty percent will finish, and far fewer will find a...
