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Front Edge Publishing Marketing Director Susan Stitt reports on how our publishing house and our authors are responding to dramatic changes Amazon has made in January 2023 to its Amazon Central Author Pages. …
Need a story of hope and resilience? Jeanine Patten-Coble, the founder of Little Pink Houses of Hope and the author of ‘Struck by Hope,’ was featured nationally on Tamron Hall’s Disney-ABC-network show. This video of her appearance, then, drew more than 1.6 million viewers in just three days. …
MSU Bias Busters professor Joe Grimm writes about the way the 20 guides to diversity that his students have produced now are helping government officials in many offices to be more sensitive in welcoming minorities. …
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. …
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. …
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. …
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. …
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. …
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. …
Editor David Crumm reports on the controversial Penguin Random House purchase of Simon & Schuster to shrink the Big Five publishers to a Big Four. …