James D. Best

Center Point will publish a hard bound, large print version of Crossing the Animas , A Steve Dancy Tale . They’re a great group of pe...

The trade paperback edition of Crossing the Animas is now available. You can buy it at Amazon here . You might be surprised by the ...

The Author’s Academy is a subscription website dedicated to teaching “authors how to write, produce, and market their books successfu...

The Fictional Café has previewed the first chapter of Jenny’s Revenge , the fifth novel in the Steve Dancy series .  If you enjoy ...

Mike Shatzkin Mike Shatzkin has posted a discerning article about how print books are different than digital books. It’s common ...

A relative asked for advice on how to publish a math book he had written. I've included my answers below in the hope it might help ot...

Coming up with a good book title is difficult, at least for me. Ideally, you want the title that will grab a buyer’s attention in three or ...

I semi-retired early and went into consulting to forestall boredom and to help make ends meet.* I ended up consulting for a Boston direct m...

Here's something you can't do on Amazon... go on a blind date. Chris Jager at lifehacker reports that a Sydney independent books...

Platforms, branding, franchise, fans, discoverability. There are many words bandied about that all represent the same thing: how does an au...