Jane Friedman is an icon in the publishing space. With over two decades of experience in the business, she is truly considered the world’s leading expert on traditional publishing, self publishing and where the twain shall meet. She’s the curator of The Hot Sheet, a biweekly paid newsletter, oversees a…

Bridget Sampson is a Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies, the author of Communication Secrets for Success and the co-author of Communication Training and Development. She’s also a TEDx speaker who helps other people write and deliver their TEDx talks. All of this made her the perfect person to talk to…

Peter Shankman is many things, among them a five-time best selling author, entrepreneur and corporate in-person and virtual keynote speaker who focuses on customer service. …

After all the writing, editing, writing and writing your book is finally finished! Now what? Today, I’m answering the question what you do 60 days, 30 days and seven days before the launch. 60 Days Before Your Launch Decide if you’re going to do a presales approach. In the past, with Amazon, all presales before…

At this surreal time in our political landscape, funding issues are understandably focused on defense, healthcare, Social Security and other pressing matters, in turn making it all too easy to forget the arts. I would argue that funding the arts is pressing as well. The past week has taught us…

As I write this, I’ve been on Clubhouse for exactly 15 days. Initially, my hefty old ego was thrilled to be included early on in something that Vogue had already deemed exclusive. (It should be no surprise that the guru of branding, Re Perez, was there first and nominated me.)…

You have a book. Or a book idea. Or just this idea that you should be an author. What now? The first step is to understand your publishing options. Let’s start with traditional. How Traditional Publishing Works If you’re interested in selling a book to a traditional publisher, here’s how it works if you…

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You’re at least partially convinced you’re NOT. And this belief has a name: imposter syndrome. We’ve all been plagued by it — either in the David Byrne (And you may ask yourself “My God! What have I done?”) way or simply in the who-do-I-think-I-am-why-should-anyone-care-about-what-I-have-to-say way. Here’s my retort to that…