Technology

How To Write An Author Q&A That Compels Readers To Buy
June 7, 2017 at 7:38 am

An important element in every author’s media kit is the Author Q&A. A powerful Author Q&A can go far in generating interest for your book. This document provides potential readers a deeper perspective on your writing and some background on you as a person. The more readers know about you and your work, the more…

Press Release: Sheridan Acquires PubFactory Hosting Platform from O’Reilly Media
May 30, 2017 at 2:42 pm

Hunt Valley, MD—Announced today, Sheridan has acquired PubFactory, the industry-lauded online publishing platform for journals, books, and reference works, from O’Reilly Media. PubFactory will continue to be based out of Boston, MA, and will blend seamlessly into the Sheridan stable of publisher technology products and services. The PubFactory team has been developing and delivering scholarly…

Why Continuity Is Key for Authors
May 19, 2017 at 6:00 am

Writing a book is a herculean task, but writing a series is even more difficult. You have to keep track of so many elements: plot, characterization, setting, narrative arcs, subplots, relationships amongst your characters, and which character to kill next—assuming you’re a mystery author, and maybe even if you aren’t. Then there are all those…

The Contest Fix: How Writing Contests Can Help Your Career
May 15, 2017 at 10:12 am

Coffee. Cigarettes. Liquor. Let’s be honest: All writers have their addictions. Mine is submitting to writing contests. (Please don’t tell my mother!) Some writers turn up their noses at writing competitions and insist they are scams, but I don’t subscribe to this cynical theory. Other writers assert that one should never enter a contest with…

9 Reasons Audiobook Growth Is Soaring
May 12, 2017 at 6:00 am

Audiobooks are today’s fastest growing digital book format … but have you ever wondered why? As an indie author or digital publisher, if you haven’t already created and distributed an audiobook version of your titles, now’s the time. As an author and a reader, I’ve never outgrown the desire to have stories read to me…

4 Reasons Publishers Need to Invest in Metadata
May 10, 2017 at 11:41 am

The topic of metadata crops up regularly as an issue publishers should care about, without much guidance as to why. So let’s ask that question now: Why should a publisher care about their metadata? The reasons are actually closely related to a publisher’s daily operations and bottom line. To that end, here are four reasons…

How I Gained 3,000 Twitter Followers: 8 Easy Lessons
May 8, 2017 at 3:57 pm

When my debut novel, Mistress Suffragette, was about to be published, I realized that I wanted to have a Twitter presence. But I wasn’t certain how to go about achieving that. I wanted to tie my messages into my novel, but not reveal so very much about it that no one would buy it. I needed…

5 Tips for Using Swag to Bond With Readers and Increase Book Sales
May 5, 2017 at 10:23 am

Theme parks and rock concerts have understood for decades the power of bottling experiences to immortalize memories. How many of us have seen pictures of others sporting Mouse Ears or wearing band T-shirts from concert tours? Perhaps you have a souvenir you bought from a tourist shop while vacationing or a picture of you or a…