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Now that your book is finished, what happens next? We're here to guide you through the publishing process, from editorial to distribution and sales.

Word Count. Ready? Set. Go!

by Laura Shabott
Bowker | Tue Feb 4, 2014

A wonderful example of a word count marathon is November’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). I plunged in this past go-a-round and produced 50,024 words in 30 days. The title of the work-in-progress is FISH, a story about love, loss, betrayal and redemption set in the beautiful but cruel seaside resort Provincetown. Would this budding novel have even happened without the pressure cooker of 1667 words a day? No.

The experts say that 500 to 1500 is an average daily word count for novelists and authors. A person who is starting from scratch is at zero. How do you go from nothing to a sizable output of writing a day? Here are some tips:

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Top Ten Causes of Poor Sales

by Brian Jud
Bowker | Mon Feb 3, 2014

Hundreds of thousands of new titles are published every year in various formats (printed, ebooks or audio books), yet less than ten percent sell enough books to be considered profitable. While there are many causes of these circumstances, here are the Top Ten Causes of Poor Sales:

1.      Content that is poorly written and/or unedited

2.      Poor production quality in terms of cover design or page layout

3.      Too little or poorly implemented promotion

4.      Obsolete or inadequately researched content

5.      Bad timing of introduction or promotion

6.      Meaningless or confusing title

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Publishers Weekly On Self-Publishing In 2014

by Laura Dawson
Bowker | Fri Jan 31, 2014

Publishers Weekly just ran a piece surveying the self-publishing landscape for 2014, in which they note that authors are seeing that writing is only the beginning of the publishing process.

"It’s almost been a giddy feeling about all the new opportunities, but I think we’ve reached a slightly more mature period,” says Beat Barblan, director of identifier services for Bowker. “We are seeing more authors who say they want to be an author beyond just a hobby, and recognize that they have to be much more entrepreneurial.”

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Top Ten Things You Can Do To Be More Successful In Your Book Marketing.

by Brian Jud
Bowker | Wed Jan 22, 2014

Do you want to produce better books and sell more of them in 2014? Here are the Top Ten Things You Can Do To Be More Successful In Your Book Marketing.  

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A Novel Planning Technique for Book Publishers (Part 1 of 2)

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Do You Have the Write Stuff?

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