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AI is Here to Stay. Humans Need to Adapt to Thrive
If you’ve seen The Terminator as many times as I have, the explosion of AI tools into multiple industries is a little scary. While we’re hopefully still a few decades off from the machines becoming self-aware enough to start hunting humans, it’s clear that AI tools...
Why an ISBN Is Important Even for Self-Published Authors?
When you buy a book online (or maybe if you go into a bookstore – remember those places?), you may have noticed a long series of numbers associated with the book called an ISBN. Unless you decided to go to school and get your Masters in Library Science (shout out...
Epic Comic Book Reviews & Blockbuster Hits: Geek Out with Us!
Book Review With the summer of 2025 promising some particularly big superhero blockbusters on the screen, now is a great time to learn more about comics and the superhero background from the printed page. American Comics: A History by Jeremy Dauber: The book for...
Mastering the Art of Genre: Insights from John Truby’s The Anatomy of Genres for Authors
Genre as the key to fully comprehending fiction reading and publishing alike. Any writer looking to professionally publish their work requires a certain knowledge of publishing as an industry. Editors and executives look at what they can have the most luck selling...
Is AI Taking Over a Writer’s Creativity? Here’s What to Think
Like it or not, a world without AI is a thing of the past. It’s morphing the entire publication industry and is significantly impacting anyone and everyone in it—including how you, as an author, might approach writing your book or manuscript. Regardless of what...
Is Augmented Reality (AR) the Future for Publishing?
When writing a book, an author always strives to make their readers feel as if they are in the world of their book, whether it’s a non-fiction account or a new fictitious world. Now, with the help of new technology in augmented reality, authors might actually be...
Getting Your Work Out There, Part II: SEO: What You Need To Know
Part I of this two-part series focused on the natural next steps for book authors, upon finishing a project, for marketing and advertising his or her project through copywriting. Now, the second installment of this series will focus on one major component of that...
Elevate Your Book’s Visibility: Maximizing Outreach with Library and Retail Cataloging
Self-publishing authors need to learn how to attract new customers through different channels. E-readers, library apps like Libby, and other similar formats target readers who want to pick up a book but can’t always access a physical one. Independent bookstores are...
Are we in a Golden Age of Self-Publishing? Opportunities and Challenges
The proliferation of self-published books over the last decade has been incredible to say the least. An industry that was seemingly once dominated by overt market research and agents telling an author what will and won’t sell before an author even submits to a...
Getting Your Work Out There, Part I: I’ve Written A Book, Now What?
Writing a book is a draining process—certainly mentally, but possibly also emotionally and even physically. As soon as the finishing touches are complete, it might be tempting to take a break to catch your breath; and as long as the material isn’t time-sensitive,...
