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The pandemic has brought both new challenges and new opportunities for authors. More people are buying books, but even more, people are writing and publishing them, also. How can you and your book stand out from the competition? In this second edition of Self-Publishing: You Can Do This!, author and publishing consultant Karen Hodges Miller brings us the latest changes in the publishing industry, updating us on everything from the new surge in audiobook sales to dealing with social distancing.

This small booklet is written with the intention of encouraging and aiding more people with know-how locked in their heads to contribute to the insatiable human appetite to get simple practical answers to the question “How do you…?” So, how about you? Do you have specialist expertise locked in your head? Wouldn’t it be good to share it with others? It could enhance your own reputation, make you some money, and perhaps most importantly, create a long-term legacy. It only takes a few hours to create a how-to booklet, but the benefits could last…forever.

The Scribe Method is the tested and proven process that will help you navigate the entire book-writing process from start to finish–the right way.

Patrick S. Washburn and Chris Lamb tell the full story of the past, the present, and to a degree, the future of American sports journalism. Sports Journalism chronicles how and why technology, religion, social movements, immigration, racism, sexism, social media, athletes, and sportswriters and broadcasters changed sports as well as how sports are covered and how news about sports are presented and disseminated.

¿Crees qué tu novela es apta para ser publicada? Muchos escritores se enfrentan a esta pregunta, una vez terminada sus novelas. Con este maravilloso manual de corrección (no de faltas de ortografía), someterás tu obra a cien preguntas que pondrán a prueba los posibles errores que pueda esconder tu novela. Corrección a todos los niveles: Estructura, portada, diálogos, puntos de vista, narración, tramas, personajes, etc.

Who doesn’t love a good story? It has been said that within each of us are endless tales to tell, and many of us are eager to let those stories out into the world. Whether the pen touches the paper or the fingers press the computer keys, there’s something vividly romantic about the act of writing stories. But how, exactly, does one start a fiction piece? Do you just sit there and type while the muses whisper sweet nothings in your ear? Author Lauren Bingham is here to provide tips on how to write fiction for folks who are timid, terrified, or somewhere in between.

It's so easy to focus on writing and marketing because that’s what builds a writing career. But if you don’t plan on what will happen to your books after your death, everything you’re doing right now won’t matter. This book will help you get your affairs in order and create an estate plan so that you can create a legacy that will continue making money for your family long after you're gone. From passwords to bank accounts to book retailer accounts, this book will hold your hand through the process of getting your ducks in a row.

William Strunk, Jr., a professor of English literature at Cornell University, penned The Elements of Style in 1918 as a guide for his students in the proper use of grammar and composition.

Most organizations struggle to grow. The most common issues that sales teams cite are 1) not enough leads and 2) conversion rate is too low. Cold Email Manifesto fixes both of these by giving you access to a predictable system for finding leads, messaging them, selling to them and growing your sales team.

First of a two-book series to address problem solving and writing skills among your team or students via a simple proven formula that is the foundation to structured thinking, to write clearly, to persuade a target audience to say yes. You can put it into practice right away!

This audiobook provides to the listener a detailed overview of the inner workings of the film and TV industry. Learn exactly who the buyers and sellers are, as well as what exactly development is. How do you make your book attractive to buyers in this valuable marketplace? Finally, Books to Film & TV provides guidance and analysis of the deal-making process, as well as what are the standard terms and language within agreements in the book to film and TV space.

Tell a New Story offers an easy-to-follow, five-step approach using the STORY acronym to help uncover your patterns and transform the way you think and talk about yourself. Rowan weaves a tapestry of powerful emotions through personal storytelling. She expounds on struggles that teach lessons on how to dissolve the habits that hold you back from living your dream life. Rowan will help you recognize the patterns that are keeping you stuck in the same old story, and instead, guide you to rewrite a new and empowering version of yourself that you love.

This audiobook is designed to help the struggling writer, no matter how far along in their journey, find their passion and confidence to sit down and put words on a page on a consistent basis. Through examples and experience spanning three decades, author C. Dennis Moore leads the listener through a series of trials and tribulations, from how to overcome the fear of failure to having the faith to take those first steps on your literary journey. Other topics include efficiency, productivity, morning rituals, finding your audience of one, and honoring your influences.

This audiobook, Pulp Fiction: The Golden Age of Storytelling, profiles an era of magazine fiction writing in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, for people gripped by the tremendous need of escapism in the post-WWI years and the Great Depression. These writers shaped American culture and created iconic characters who live today in some of the biggest blockbuster Hollywood movies. What makes this audiobook absolutely unique is that this story includes actual interviews with two of the super-heavyweight grand-masters of that era, Ray Bradbury and Fred Pohl.

Publishing veteran and best-selling author J. Thorn reveals his proven system for writing delicious scenes based on his legendary "Supercharge Your Scene" challenge successfully completed by thousands of authors. This tight yet comprehensive book teaches you what you absolutely must know about writing snappy scenes, whether you're a plotter or pantser, short story dynamo or lifelong novelist, rock star indie or a trad pub professional. Developed from decades of classroom experience and used to revise millions of words, Thorn teaches you how to use simple tools to master your craft.

El 15 de mayode 2017 fue asesinado en Culiacán el periodista Javier Valdez Cárdenas, autor de una serie de libros excepcionales para entender el fenómeno del narco y el voraz crecimiento de la delincuencia organizada en México.

Periodista valiente y puntual, crítico hasta el extremo con la realidad de nuestro país, su trabajo logró reconocimiento internacional y, sobre todo, por una pluma vibrante, conmovedora, profundamente humana.

Queremos escribir para que nos lean, ¿verdad? La principal meta de la escritura es lograr que te lean. Pero, ¿cómo llamar la atención de nuestros potenciales lectores si lo que redactamos está desordenado, inconexo, con deficiente puntuación, faltas de ortografía, frases demasiado largas o demasiado cortas, o descripciones incomprensibles? Nadie querrá leer nuestros libros si no aprendemos los secretos de una redacción eficaz. Te enseñaremos cómo hacer que tus escritos sean seductores pero al mismo tiempo claros y eficaces.

You want to write a nonfiction book that matters. Book readers love and rave about a book they underline, dog-ear, and highlight. How do you do that, when you’ve never written a book like that before, when you aren’t sure what content to include in a nonfiction book, or how to organize it? And when you’re not sure if your idea is worth pursuing in the first place? At the heart of the answers to all these questions is a craft created by A. J. Harper, ghostwriter and editor for some of the foremost thought leaders of our time.

Hoy en día muchas personas están utilizando plataformas digitales para catapultar su crecimiento y alcance profesional. Antes necesitabas mandar un manuscrito a una editorial y cruzar los dedos para ser publicado. Y si eras rechazado podías ver la opción de pagar a una editorial para que te publiquen. En ambos casos necesitabas suerte y dinero. Sin embargo, ahora existe la posibilidad de auto editar y publicar tu propio libro sin necesidad de invertir altos costos más que organizar un poco tu tiempo y seguir un cronograma. Tener un libro publicado te desmarcará del resto.

Schreiben Sie sich ins Rampenlicht! Was unterscheidet einen guten Text von einer buchstäblichen Schlaftablette? Wie kommen Sie mit Ihrem Thema rasch auf den Punkt? Wann darf Sprache aus dem Worteinerlei ausbrechen? Die Wordingprofis Monika Kriwan und Irmgard Zirkler entschlüsseln die Geheimnisse gekonnter Formulierung. Ob im privaten oder beruflichen Kontext: Treffen Sie zielgruppenorientiert den richtigen Ton, ziehen Sie Ihr Publikum nutzenorientiert in Texte und punkten mit wiedererkennbarer, frischer Sprache.