By Wendy Lawton
Okay, confession time: Here at Books & Such I’m known as the platform denier. The skeptic. Card-carrying member of the Book Marketing Flat Earth Society. Yes, I know that an author’s platform can be a powerful thing, …
Ann Voskamp
Moral Responsibility and Writers
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Last week in the comments to my blog post on social media as the new locale for public shaming, Carrie Padgett mentioned that a lively online discussion was taking place elsewhere about whether authors have …
Blogging and Other Social Media: Time for a Check-Up
Blogger: Mary Keeley
A client and I occasionally converse about the benefits, or not, of author blogs. Many writers among our blog community love blogging and can’t imagine not doing it. Others aren’t so excited and are looking for a …
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Best-Sellers: Is It the Author or the Subject?
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Santa Rosa, California, home office
As I write, the number one New York Times best-seller in trade paperback books is Heaven is for Real,by Todd Burpo, who collaborated with someone I know: Lynn Vincent. It’s …
Five Elements That Make a Book a Success
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
What makes a book a success? Today I’d like to examine with you a book that, I believe, took everyone by surprise at its success. A Top …