James D. Best

This weekend, I ran across this cartoon. At one time, everyone predicted the electronic books would supplant  the printed variety . I thi...

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...

In the olden days—like maybe four years ago—Kindle and Nook readers were fairly tolerant of formatting errors. The technology was brand span...

How to Stand Out in the Biggest Bookstore in the World Amazon is a vast book market. The size is a magnificent opportunity and a huge ...

There’s not much you can believe about self-publishing. Information from self-publishing houses is suspect, and most of the other stuff co...