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What is Book Marketing?
Whether you’ve hired a professional to take care of it or are doing it yourself, marketing is what gets your book seen, bought, and read. Other terms, such as book promotion and book advertising, exist as well, but they all fall under the umbrella of marketing, which involves putting your book in view of those…
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What is a Query Letter?
For authors looking to publish traditionally, query letters are a one-page letter used to pitch book ideas to agents and publishers, to get them interested in the work you’d like to send them. Most of the time, you’re sending a query letter for a manuscript you’ve already written, but sometimes, usually for non-fiction, you send…
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What is a Literary Agent?
If you’re thinking of publishing traditionally, you need to know what a literary agent is. These are the people who will get you in the door, because most big publishing houses don’t take unsolicited submissions these days. (And if they do, they might just be a Hybrid Publishing company, which often just wants to take…
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What is Book Doctoring?
To understand book doctoring, you must first understand what developmental editing is. In short, developmental, also known as content or substantial editing, deals with the actual story. [Click here for a longer explanation.] An editor will make comments about the characters, the settings, the plot, and more, helping you to achieve the best work you…
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What is Book Interior Design?
When it comes to book design, the first thing on everyone’s mind is typically what the cover is going to look like, but that’s not all there is to it. Something much less talked about—and dare I say, much less considered—is what the book looks like on the inside. Some people even think that it’s…