James D. Best

I arrived in Arizona last night with my wife. For the next two days, we’ll be staying with friends in their home surrounded by a stunning d...

The Tucson Festival of Books (March 15-16) is the largest book festival in the southwest. Featured authors include: Richard Russo, Ali...

The digital revolution continues to roil publishing, so here are a few of my recent observations. I suspect at least three of these five ar...

Kim McDougall of Castelane, Inc. recently wrote to  ask for permission to re-publish  on the new  Castlelane website   an article I wrote f...

I indie-publish because I like the control and speed. Traditional publishing is far too controlling and works at a glacial pace. I know be...

I’m currently going through the galley proof for The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale . In my supposedly perfect manuscript,  I've  already ...

Book cover design is an art ...and I am not an artist. At least, not a visual artist. Previously, I posted a mock-up of the book cover for ...

The spine is the most undervalued aspect of book design. This is especially true today, when so many indie-books only publish elect...

The Washington Post has done an article on the perils (and rewards) of being a midlist novelist.  Interesting reading. Mary Doria R...