One key to our success over 15 years has been the brilliant imagery on our book covers by art director Rick Nease. In this column, Editor David Crumm explains the importance of such visually arresting covers and illustrates that with some great examples from Rick Nease’s work. …
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As a publishing house, we encourage authors to spread awareness of their books through video and, in 2022, our authors are taking that challenge to heart. One of our most successful authors on video is Howard Brown. In this column, you can see one of his recent appearances: On Nim …
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Here’s a delicious idea for authors who want to share the creative excitement of their books: Howard Brown’s memoir Shining Brightly creatively inspired cookie artist Jennifer Bass to turn his book into delicious treats. …
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Author Howard Brown takes a tip we share with authors: Design personalized bookplates. And now, Howard is using those bookplates to help readers prepare personalized gifts for loved ones. …
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The world’s oldest Methodist weekly newspaper reviews John Harnish’s ’30 Days with E. Stanley Jones’ and recommends it for Advent. We’re sharing the entire review in this column. …
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Our international trade group, the Independent Book Publishers Association, is moving to strengthen the “best practices” principles followed by hybrid publishers. As founding signers of the original IBPA pledge in 2018, we support this move as well. …
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Marketing Director Susan Stitt and author Howard Brown take our readers inside the promotional campaign to spread news about the upcoming release of Shining Brightly. In this column, they share the text of a sample email Howard is sending to friends to energize these allies. …
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Editor David Crumm reports on the controversial Penguin Random House purchase of Simon & Schuster to shrink the Big Five publishers to a Big Four. …
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Susan Stitt reports on the release of this timely new cultural competence guide in the award-winning series by MSU’s ‘Bias Busters’ project. Sikhism, a peace-loving and service-oriented faith, is the world’s fifth largest religious group and yet followers often find themselves targets of bigotry. …
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Editor David Crumm describes the global popularity of cozy mysteries and offers tips for aspiring cozy authors to plot their first murder. …
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