Today I will point you toward this awesome article by my friend (and fellow author) Alex Palmer, written for Publisher's Weekly. Alex and I spoke at length a few weeks ago about self-publishing,...
Posts by Lori Culwell
[caption id="attachment_1285" align="alignleft" width="225"] BEA 2013 was just this kind of a blur.[/caption]OK, everyone is back from BEA (Book Expo America) now, and of course we’re all...
Barefoot Books Leaves Amazon– Should You Follow Their Example?
Several of the contributors (including me!) are still at BEA 2013 today, but I did want to put up this writeup--Several people sent me this article a few days ago, and it is a very interesting...
[caption id="attachment_1078" align="alignleft" width="200"] Photo credit: Dmitry Lobanov/ BigStockPhoto[/caption]Last week, Amazon sent out their Kindle Direct Publishing newsletter, and the...
Introverted Authors as Extroverted Marketers: Finding the Happy Medium
Here’s the thing—being an author and being an entrepreneur/ marketing type person are often antithetical pursuits. We get it. While you’re actually writing the book, you have to discipline...
Authors and Marketing: Train Your Minds As You Train a Puppy!
I have a new puppy, so you'll forgive my wanting to see her life (and my life with her) as one big metaphor. That's how my mind works! I thought I'd include a super-cute picture of her, just as...