Category Archives: Publishing Business

Welcome back to the continuing Wednesday #PubLaw series on negotiation. Today we’re taking a look at another important negotiating tactic: learning how to listen. Many people “listen” to someone else talk without actually listening. They spend the time preparing what … Continue reading →

Welcome back to our continuing Wednesday #PubLaw series on negotiations. Today we’re looking at one of my mother’s favorite sayings: “you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.” The phrase means exactly what it sounds like, and it applies … Continue reading →

The final section in the author’s business plan is the budget (in a standard business plan, this would be called “Financial Factors and Statements). The author’s budget may be simple or may be very complex, depending on a number of … Continue reading →

As we continue working our way through writing an author business plan, we arrive at Section 6: Operations and Management. The “Operations and Management” section essentially boils down to “Who does what to whom for how many Oreos?” This is … Continue reading →

Thanks for joining us as we continue our step-by-step approach to writing an author business plan! The fifth section of the author’s business plan is the Development Timeline. The “Development Timeline” actually consists of multiple timelines, one for each phase … Continue reading →

It’s Wednesday, so let’s continue the ongoing series on author business plans and how to write them. Last week we finished off a three-week tour of marketing plans by looking at post-release marketing. This week we leave marketing behind and … Continue reading →

Welcome back to my continuing series on Author Business Plans! (If you missed a  previous installment, I’ve put links at the end of the post.) Today we continue our look at Part 3 of the author business plan: the Marketing … Continue reading →