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Your Ideas Take Flight
Front Edge Publishing Marketing Director Susan Stitt takes readers on a brief tour of the giant Lightning Source printing-and-binding factory in Tennessee, the flagship plant for this global company.
Marketing director Susan Stitt provides a one-stop checklist of ideas smart authors should consider to build an ever-growing audience for new books. There is so much excitement surrounding a book launch that we can forget to take time to organize ways to keep in touch with our new readers, allies and angels. Susan’s checklist represents many ways you can work on building a real community around your book.
Q: “Why do you have two bookstores?” That’s a common question from readers who discover we are operating a ReadTheSpirit magazine Bookstore as well as a Front Edge Publishing Bookstore, which we launched in 2018. Answer: Since our founding in 2007, we have launched two bookstores to display our books. However, the answer is more […]
Authors who want to sell books need to participate in ongoing efforts to market those books—which means taking part in national conversations and media opportunities. Marketing Director Susan Stitt writes about five online opportunities for authors to amplify their voices and news about their books.
All authors ask: “When do I get paid?” Financial manager Patty Thompson gives us a helpful overview of the complex issues that delay royalty payments coming to us from retailers such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Plus, she explains an immediate revenue source most authors are eager to develop.