Publishing and Marketing

Learn about the world of publishing, how to self publish your work, and market yourself. These publishing and marketing resources feature expert advice, e-books, articles, and valuable writing and marketing resources.

Featured Publishing and Marketing Articles

Traditional Publishers Released Fewer Books in 2005
By Mark Levine
As a new or unpublished author, you might wonder how this can be good for you.

The Author’s Bill of Rights
By Mark Levine
All authors have the right to expect certain things from a self publishing company.

Chapbooks Create Publishing Opportunities
By Marilyn Zembo Day
How do you go about getting your words out there, given the cumbersome, time-consuming submissions process in today’s publishing world?

Publishing and Marketing Resources

Writer's Digest
"The world's leading writing magazine." The online guide to writing life features sections on writing better, getting published, being creative, and finding resources.

Go-Publish-Yourself.com
Self publishing resources. This site has reviewed and specially selected only the best self-publishing resources the Internet has to offer.

U-Publish.com
Extensive resources to help writers self-publish and promote books at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods. Offers articles and a free monthly e-mail bulletin for authors and publishers. Named for the newly-updated guide to self-publishing by Dan Poynter and Danny O. Snow.

Ink Tree, Ltd.
"How to self publish, market, and sell your own book. Information, tips, articles, and resources to show you how to publish a book, and how to sell more books using non-traditional marketing methods and highly effective book promotion techniques."

e-Writer's Place
A resource for freelance writing, journaling, business writing, and publishing. Features an extensive articles index with an assortment of writing topics, e-books, columns, software, and free e-Zine on the craft of writing.

Judith Kelman's Writers' Room
"Designed to answer the questions and quandaries of aspiring authors." Learn how to polish and publish your work by visiting her specialized topic sections covering: fiction, non-fiction, agents, getting published, the business side, glossary of publishing terms, tips, and resources.

Writers Manual
"The bragging zone for writer's worldwide. Promoting fellow authors and freelance writers by detailing their successes in traditional/online publishing and freelancing. Learn the tricks of the trade and expose yourself to 'tried and true' methods of success."

New Writing Articles

Using Photography to Inspire Writing IV
Exercise the mental process of contrast in visual as well as mental and emotional writing subjects.

Postcards from the Realm of the Sublime: Creating a Poet’s Journal
A poet’s journal is a valuable tool — a catch-all for the notes and phrases and word-lists and something funny your cousin said last week.

New Year's Writing Resolution: Celebrate the Person You Truly Are!
The fresh start for which so many of us have been waiting is here.

'The Spirit in the Mat' Creative Rug Hooking Story-Telling
An engaging perspective on personal truth, story-telling, and creative expression.

Keeping Faith with the Creative Process in your Writing
We need to give our own creative ideas a warm, safe place in which to germinate.

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