Your Book Needs CIP Data

by featured BCW guest blogger, Glenna Collett I used to think that a copyright page didn’t really need cataloging-in-publication (CIP) data in order to be complete. But I was wrong. But wait—what is CIP data? It’s the block of information on a book’s copyright page...

Amazon Author Central Pages

Guest post is by Penny Sansevieri (@bookgal), CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts. She recently released 5-Minute Book Marketing for Authors, from which this post was adapted by Jane Friedman. Every author, regardless of when or what they’ve published, has an...

Writer’s Market 2019

Dear Authors,Have you picked up your copy of Writer’s Market 2019 yet?It contains valuable information for every writing career such as:Author brandingBuilding your author marketing platformHow to write queriesBuilding a career from scratchWriting for magazines...

IBPA Publishing Standards Checklist

IBPA Book Publishing Industry Standards Checklist From their website… “The purpose of the checklist is to give independent publishers an at-a-glance gauge of the professional presentation of any book in order to help level the playing field between indie...