book publishing

A Conversation with Dan Schlossberg

Posted by Kristin on February 28, 2012 at 12:11 am

Lately, we’ve been running interviews of travel writers who have made their niche by combining something they love with the art of travel. In this next case it’s baseball!  This week, I spoke with Dan Schlossberg about how he has had the time to author over 35 books on baseball while still keeping travel at [...]

A Conversation with Michael Luongo

Posted by Kristin on January 24, 2012 at 12:38 am

Michael Luongo’s award-winning travel writing earned him the 2011 LGBT Journalist of the Year for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and the 2010-2011 Grand Prize in Travel Journalism Award Winner for NATJA. His work, which he characterizes as largely focused on travel, culture, and human rights, is always out of the ordinary (not [...]

Book Marketing in the Digital Age

Posted by Tim on January 11, 2012 at 9:47 am

The last post on here was about publishing without a publisher, which in most cases is what I would recommend for anyone who has a decent following and is putting out a non-fiction book. But then what? Whether it’s the old way or the new way, the marketing is still mostly or fully on your [...]

Begging for Permission vs. Making Things Happen

Posted by Tim on January 6, 2012 at 7:36 am

Here’s the kind of success story most people will tell you can’t happen. “I launched my self-published book in the first week of September this year. In just over two months, I’ve landed some big publishing deals and a movie deal.” Yes, that self-published travel/love story from Torre DeRoche, now to be known as Love [...]

Year-end Round-up and Reminders

Posted by Tim on December 20, 2011 at 10:10 am

The last week of the year is almost here, so it’s a time to take a breath and reflect. When life is moving at a 100 miles an hour—some of that of our own doing with always-on technology—it’s important to step back and look at the big picture. So first, here’s what is becoming clearer [...]

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