by Troy Lambert | Jul 10, 2018 | Advice for Authors, Writing as a Business Series
Over the last couple of years, I have had some serious personal life changes and challenges, and that meant a transition from freelance writing full time to a full-time job, a part time job, and then leaving that day job altogether. Part of that had to do with my...
by Troy Lambert | Oct 3, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Authorpreneur, Business Advice, Writing as a Business Series
Now that we have talked about the Amazon exclusive vs. wide distribution options, we need to talk about the options besides Amazon. What do we mean, exactly by wide distribution? How do you get your books on all of those different channels? It sounds like a daunting...
by Troy Lambert | Aug 29, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Business, Business Advice, Writing as a Business Series
Smashwords challenged the publishing industry when Mark Coker launched it in 2007. By 2010, the company was profitable, and was distributing books not only on its own website, but through partnerships with Apple, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Sony. Apple was also in the...
by Troy Lambert | Jul 19, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Business Advice, Writing as a Business Series
We’re going to skip ahead a little bit in this series to a marketing piece, primarily because I have received a lot of questions about it lately. So here is the deal: as a writer, you need to have your own website and blog, you need to post there regularly, and you...
by Troy Lambert | Jul 6, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Writing as a Business Series
We have covered a lot of ground in the production process of this series, and believe it or not we are almost done. We talked about writing your book, revision and editing, the book cover, and now we are going to talk about interior design and formatting. Don’t think...
by Troy Lambert | Jun 13, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Authorpreneur, Writing as a Business Series
So far in this series, we have covered a whole lot of ground. You have written the best book you can, revised it, and now you have hired an editor. Currently, they are working on one of the four rounds of editing your book will go through before a proofreader goes...
