Recently I was asked why my debut trilogy was picked up for audiobook publication so quickly. The standard answers apply of course: Luck, advertising, making a good impression on first...

There is something prestigious about having your book formally published. Signing a publishing contract can feel profoundly satisfying. To some, the self-publishing alternative can seem like abject failure, an option...

These days, I feel the same way about self-publishing as I do about social media: I was there at the beginning and at one point I really knew my stuff,...

There was a time when releasing an audiobook, even for published authors was a ridiculously complicated and expensive task only the most successful of authors could dream of. However, with...

Aimée Felone and David Stevens, former Scholastic colleagues, have co-founded new children’s publisher, KNIGHTS OF. Publishing commercial fiction for 5 – 15 year olds, KNIGHTS OF intends to focus on...

Wattpad was created in 2006 and is an online giant free community of amateur and professional authors across the world, giving an equal voice to writers of every level and...

The publishing industry is an ever-evolving organism. Authors and readers alike are a vital part of this industry and are constantly changing the trends within it. Literary agents, editors, and...

Following up on our previous publishing terms article, here’s another collection, this time aimed at anyone publishing independently.   Silverwood Books have put together a short glossary of commonly used...

Last December, I published a crossover novel called Through the Barricades, a coming-of-age love story set during a time of war (WW1) and revolution (Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising). With any...

Some time ago I wrote a Young Adult (YA) Science Fiction novel, True Guardian. It’s about a fifteen year-old girl who gets stranded on Earth, a planet whose inhabitants have...