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...
Writing Insights – Unfortunately, there is no sure way to know if your self-published novel will succeed.
Writing Insights – How Do I Test a Book Title for My First Book?
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.
Writing Insights – If You Self Publish on Amazon, Who Owns the Copyright?
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.
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...
The Lost Apothecary, Debut Novel, Sarah Penner, Park Row Books – Sarah Penner had more than one hundred rejection for her first novel. But she never gave up. Her second work, THE LOST APOTHECARY, has just been published by Park Row Publishing.
Writing Insights – Is 20,000 Words A Good Length for Publishing a Book?
Writing Insights: Does the Quality of a Writer Depend on Their Observances?
