Covering Copyright: What Indie Authors Need to Know About Book Cover Rights
Master the essentials of copyright laws for book covers—crucial insights every indie author must understand to avoid legal troubles and protect your creative assets.
Kevin McLaughlin
Kevin McLaughlin, USA Today bestselling author of 83 sci-fi and fantasy books, wrote The Coffee Break Novelist and You Must Write. He's a longtime fan of reading and writing serials.
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Turning Horror into High Revenue: How Indie Author David Viergutz Built a Million-Dollar Epistolary Empire
Some of the most fascinating stories of authors are the ones who approach publishing, storytelling, reader retention, or other aspects of our business from a unique angle; who leave behind the well-trod paths and explore new roads to success. These sorts of people are interesting for a variety of reasons:...
Sales Tax Simplified: What Indie Authors Must Know When Selling Books Direct
Direct sales—selling books or other products and services from your own website instead of relying on retailers—is one of the fastest growing strategies for diversifying author income today. However, it can also be complex, and among other elements of the process, understanding sales taxes for a small online...
Transform Your Writing Career: The Power of Course Creation and Mentorship for Authors
Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn One of the most important things anyone who's mastered a craft can do is pass that knowledge and experience on to others. To educate, inform, and inspire those coming after us is a high calling, so it's no surprise that...
When Everything Clicks: The Journey to an Indie Author Tipping Point
Sometimes it’s difficult to see the point when everything changes. It can be hard to know precisely when and why things click and come together. But other times, it’s as easy as breathing. Tipping points are those proverbial “last straw” moments, where all of your work, effort, time,...
Broaden Your Book Sales Beyond Traditional Retailers
Plenty of authors these days talk about new opportunities beyond the major retailers. As indie publishing expands into new territories and readers are searching out new ways of interacting with the stories they love, authors are moving to take advantage of how we can sell our books wider than wide,...