I’m a published author, now: How can I market my book?
As an author today, you’re likely to find yourself hiring an outside public-relations rep—or managing the marketing yourself. …
Articles About Publishing Trends
Monitoring Amazon’s Buy Buttons: Why is someone else selling my book?
In the publishing industry, resellers can now immediately list their own copies of new and used books in an often automated system. …
Joining the Social Media Conversation: What is a Hashtag? How do you use Hashtags?
Today, part of being a helpful citizen in the social network is letting readers find themes that interest them in an ocean of media. …
We support Independent Book Publishers Association’s new Hybrid Publishing Criteria
FEP Editor David Crumm explains why our publishing house has signed the Independent Book Publishers Association’s commitment to following the new IBPA Hybrid Publishing Criteria. We believe such national standards are a crucial step in our rapidly evolving media industry. …
What is Hybrid Publishing?
Through the turbulent changes in the publishing industry over the past decade, promising new models are emerging including one that we embrace here at Front Edge: hybrid publishing. The hybrid publishing model combines the best of both traditional publishing and self-publishing. …
Myth Busting: Are ink-on-paper books dead?
“Books are dead, aren’t they?” A woman asked me that as she held up her smartphone in the middle of a workshop I was leading. “I’ll bet kids today have given up on books entirely!” Many people assume print books are dead and that young people are leading the charge …