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CEO of the Forbes-featured publishing agency, TSPA (The Self Publishing Agency) Megan Williams offers new-age publishing insights from insiders and tales from the trenches.
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Money & Publishing: How writers fund their books (opens the original)
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This principal is singing my song. (opens the original)
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Can teachers tell what activities kids are in? Can they tell if you feed your children organic foods, or if they were bottle fed or breast fed? Do they know if they were sleep trained, or co-sleepers? Doesn’t sound like it. But according to the tenured principal and teachers at our new school, they can ALWAYS tell what children are read to. It wasn’t more than a 3-minute encouragement for those of us leaning in on the ‘how to set your child up for success in school’ conversation, but it landed.
Publishing Your Book Will Change Your Life (here's why) (opens the original)
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When I talk to authors considering working with TSPA, roughly 80% ask, “How many copies do you think I’ll sell?”It’s a question that we all come by honestly. Publishing is an investment - and it’s important and necessary to ask about that investment’s ROI.And, as everyone in the industry will echo, predicting hard sales numbers is a guess(timate); there are no guarantees.However, after doing this for over 10 years, I can guarantee authors one thing:Publishing a book will change your life.The “ho
3 new books I hope you buy this week (opens the original)
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Three books. Three weeks. I flew through each of these books for very different reasons, and now, they’re available for you to devour, too.1. The Other Side of the Straitjacket by .<img alt="" class=
Pub Lunches: We can tell if you don't read. (opens the original)
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We can tell who is a writer and who is a reader and a writer. Two tips for writers/authors: If you’re out of a reading-rhythm, that’s ok. Pick up something easy and start. It doesn’t have to be in the genre you write in. It doesn’t have to be fancy literary works of art. It just needs to be a book. Your writing and brain will reflect the shift. (If you want to see what books I read on vacation, try these. Or, to see what Audiobooks I have wa
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