Self-Publishing a Photo Book

The holiday season is nothing if not visual. Decorations, family celebrations, snowy scenes… Christmas might be the most photographed holiday of the year. You can post your pictures online and enjoy immediate feedback, but there’s something about seeing your photos in a permanent, tangible collection. Today, AuthorHouse presents tips for seeing your pictures in a book instead of on a laptop screen.Seek objective opinions about your work. Post samples online and read the comments–some of them might sting a little, but is the criticism valid?Try postcards. Postcards are a great way of gauging

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Five Tips for Self-Publishing a Cookbook

Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and many of our readers have some serious kitchen-time ahead of them. With that in mind, AuthorHouse presents some tips for self-publishing cookbooks! Pick a unique angle. What niche would you like to focus on? Whether it’s a particular culture, ingredient, or diet plan, try to find a focus that will make your book stand out.Provide background. Tell the reader a little about the dishes in your book. Just as a bit of history adds flavor to a location, it also adds flavor (pun intended) to your cookbook!Try blogging. A blog is a great way to refine your wri

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10 Top Tips for Writing Horror

With Halloween upon us, what better time to curl up and read a good ghost story—or write one! Today, AuthorHouse presents ten tips for ratcheting up the tension in your own self-published horror tale. Make your readers care about your characters (before you kill them off.) If you want your readers to be concerned about the fate of your characters (which helps create tension), they have to care about them! Don’t create cardboard characters whose names might as well be “victim #1,” “victim #2,” etc. Try to pick situations that could happen to your reader. What’s one reason that Psycho’s s

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How Can I Write and Publish My Biography or Memoir?

Hopefully we all think that our lives (or the lives of our loved ones) are interesting, with anecdotes and experiences worth saving for future generations. Although there are many ways of passing on our stories, many people find that a biography or memoir is ideal. At AuthorHouse, we can help you share your memories and enrich the lives of your family, friends, and those that come after you. We’ll assist you as you share your hopes and dreams, triumphs and tragedies, mistakes and lessons learned. We’ll guide you at every step of the memoir publishing process, including:Editing your manuscrip

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5 Self-Publishing Mistakes

Today, AuthorHouse presents five common self-publishing pitfalls—and how you can avoid them! Handling your own cover design. Unless you have a background in design, this is definitely something you should leave to a professional. Find someone that has experience designing book covers (preferably someone who specializes in covers for your book’s genre.) Like it or not, many readers will judge your book by its cover. A good one can be had for a few hundred dollars, and is one of the best investments you can make in self-publishing.Using “novelty” typefaces, either in the book or on the cove

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AuthorHouse says, “Social Media Profiles Can Help Make Your Brand”

There are 3 reasons why publishing companies make and maintain social media profiles at sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, G+ (Google plus) and YouTube. Social media channels allow AuthorHouse to create brand awareness. Through interesting images and contests, we can get more visitors and encourage them to interact and share AuthorHouse posts (to create trends and virality.) In addition, social media provides an avenue for customers to contact us with their questions and concerns.But answering these questions, we can create trust while assisting them in publishing their book—whether i

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How Author Can Become Bloggers

Being a self-published author is a great profession, but success is by no means easy to reach. You can spread the work about your book locally through book signings and speaking engagements, but you can also market and promote your book worldwide through social media on the internet. AuthorHouse presents you with 3 tips for authors on how to become bloggers–to talk about not only your book, but yourself as well. First, in order to have a place to write, you’ll need to set up a free or paid profile account. Try to use a domain name that identifies your site with your subject (not always easy,

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Tips for Writing Your Autobiography

In our last installment, AuthorHouse presented our self-publishing writers with five tips for writing biographies. This time, we’d like to shift focus a little, and let the author turn the camera (or the keyboard) towards herself. In other words, we’d like to discuss autobiographies!With an autobiography, the amount and type of research will differ from a biography. After all, you are the subject; while you might require interviews to clear up hazy memories, or to solicit the occasional opinion or impression, you already have access to the best source of information: yourself. Here, then, a

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5 Book Cover Design Tips

You’ve spent months, even years, crafting every word of your 100,000 word manuscript. And the results of this labor of love? A few hundred pages of characters development, plot twists, and hours of entertainment for your reader.And how long do you have to sell your book to that reader? A second or two—if you’re lucky. A brief glance as he or she glides along a bookshelf or clicks through web pages. That’s it. Sell it fast, or don’t sell it at all. And what sells that book? As much as we don’t like to admit it, it’s the cover. That sheet of paper, that single piece of artwork, that sits on top

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5 Facts about Copyrights

How do you copyright your book? Do you have to register for a copyright? What’s a “poor man’s copyright?” Authors tend to have many questions and misconceptions about copyrights, and understandably so; after all, most of us are writers, not lawyers.With this in mind, we’d like to present five tips and facts about copyrights. Talk to a lawyer that specializes in copyright law. This is the most important tip. If you ever require the best possible advice, talk to a lawyer that specializes in copyright law. No amount of web searching is a substitute for this.You’re protected by copyright law w

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AuthorHouse Book : THAT'S THAT

Reblogged from AuthorHouse Books: Kirkus Reviews describes Gaye Walsh as a “capable talent” and her first book That’s That as “an endearing debut novel.” This multi-generational saga tells the story of two Irish families through the various trials that beset them over the years. Walsh uses her poetic background and insightful eye to add an unexpected poignancy to certain moments in her tale.AuthorHouse looks forward to following Walsh’s future works of poetry and to see if she will add a second novel.Read more… 18 more words via http://authorhousepublishing.wordpress.com

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AuthorHouse Childrens : Lucas Comes to America

Reblogged from AuthorHouse Books: Children will be love this light-hearted story about the relationship between a lovable dog and its adoring new owner. AuthorHouse published author, Carolyn Farb, takes young readers through the daily events that a puppy like Lucas experiences and the adjustments he has to make when he moves from Manchester, England to his new home in Texas, USA. Farb captures the spirit of a puppy through her narrative and illustrations.Read more… 343 more words via http://authorhousepublishing.wordpress.com

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AuthorHouse Non-Fiction: An Entrepreneur’s Journey

Reblogged from AuthorHouse Books: Today, AuthorHouse presents An Entrepreneur’s Journey by self-published author Robert K. Lifton. Robert, a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, served as President of the American Jewish Congress and Co-Chair of the Middle East Project of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is married with two daughters and four grandchildren, and divides his time between New York and Florida.What’s it about?Read more… 378 more words via http://authorhousepublishing.wordpress.com

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AuthorHouse presents “How to Promote Your Book”

Marketing is always the turning point once a book is done and ready for launch . No matter how well it’s written, or how entertaining the story is, a book that lacks marketing will never find its intended audience.AuthorHouse Publishing offers numerous layers of marketing, both locally or globally. Our services include: Hollywood-Book-to-Screen – Your book may be adapted into a TV series or movie App Publishing – Provides the ability to reach readers with a book application in IOS devices Internet Marketing – This includes online bookstores, Amazon.com, and even your own website, as well

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How to Write a Book for Young Children

There are different rules for writing a book, depending on your genre and target audience’s age. For young children from ages 2-8 years old, you should remember these top 10 suggestions for children’s book content : It’s not easy to be different, but it’s okay. You story needs heroes and villains, and the good guys should prevail over the bad. Your story must be clear and concise, and your world should be black or white. You should stick to one story so as not to confuse children. Characters must have their weaknesses and strong points.Its okay for stories to be scary, but they should not

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AuthorHouse Book-To-Screen Packages

Do you dream of seeing your story in the theater, as well as in the bookstore? Do you write your characters with actors already in mind? The AuthorHouse book publishing company offers new writers a wealth of options for their self-publishing packages, including book-to-screen services that prepare your book for film consideration.The first service is the AuthorHouse’s Hollywood Coverage service, in which a “coverage” will be developed for your book. This will include a synopsis of the story, summarizing its main characters and events, and an analysis of how it could be best developed for T

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3 Tips on How to Market Your Own Book

Marketing is one of the most crucial aspects of your book’s success. You can’t simply rely on your publishing company, though; you have to shoulder most of the marketing burden yourself! Today we present three basic tips on how to use the internet to effectively market your book, before and after its launch! Establish your online platform. Use free websites like wordpress.com, blogger.com, webs.com, weebly.com, etc. to create your online presence. Link these accounts to your social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Goodreads, Pinterest, StumbleUpon and Tumblr) to generate traffic

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Participate in Our July 2013 AuthorHouse Author Challenge

The biggest publishing news in July was that J. K. Rowling, the author of the world-famous Harry Potter series, wrote a mystery novel under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The novel climbed right to the top of the bestseller lists last week, and shows no sign of relinquishing the top spot. If your name were just a pseudonym for a famous author (in other words, if your book had been written by that author) who do you think it would be? For this month’s author challenge, please tell us in 50 words or less! The winner will have their picture (with their book) used as the cover image for AuthorH

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Tips on Knowing if your Book is Good

While authors will naturally have a strong attachment to their book, it’s equally natural for them to wonder if the book was enjoyable to their readers. There are two ways for writers to judge the quality of their book: first, they should wait at least six months to re-read it; by then, they can view it with a fresh set of eyes, and better identify what works and doesn’t work. Second, they should solicit the opinions of readers who have no emotional ties to the book, either through book reviews, forums, or online comments.Read the entire article here. Related articlesThree Top Tips for Mar

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AuthorHouse Non-Fiction Books presents Turtle Hawks

AuthorHouse proudly presents Ian Douglas Robertson’s Turtle Hawks (which received a four-start rating from Clarion Book Reviews.) It’s the story of Peri Pontakis, an investigative journalist and TV host, who embarks on a crusade to save the endangered Loggerhead turtle. What he thought would be an “undemanding project” presents him with unforeseen obstacles and challenges.Original article via: http://www.authorhousepublishers.com/fiction/turtle-hawks Related articlesAuthorHouse Five-Star Fiction: “The Window Blind” (authorhousepublishing.wordpress.com)AuthorHouse Writer Bryan Crawford, Awa

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AuthorHouse Features Author Carolyn Mitchel

Carolyn’s book, “The Tale of the Pumpkin Seed,” was written for her children and grandchildren.It’s a delightful commentary on competition and sportsmanship that’s sure to charm young readers, wherever they are from.To find out more, click here. Related articles: Author Discusses Second Book in Childrens Series (seaofinfo.com) The Tale of the Christmas Hero (authorhousepublishing.wordpress.com) The Tale of The Pumpkin Seed Squad (authorhousepublishing.wordpress.com) via http://authorhousepublishing.wordpress.com

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