Self publishers need to have a good solid marketing plan to sell books and should be written well in advance of writing your book and in place a year prior to publishing your book. Make sure you know you have a market for your book before you write it. If you've written a 'how to' book you'll find people are always seeking 'how to' information making your book easy to sell; in fact the most sought after items on the Internet are information products. Your book selling, book marketing, and book promotion planning should begin before the manuscript is completed.Using press releases can be a very effective marketing tool if used properly. ...

Let us begin with the process that should commence before you write your first word. Begin by reading A LOT. Read both books you passionately love and books you can't seem to make it past page five. Then figure out what the author did in the book you loved, and what was wrong with in the book you couldn't finish. Write down these points so they are crystal clear to you. Read other people's books for inspiration and to discover what you should avoid as a writer.The next step is to plan out your book. Narrow down your subject, and then divide it into chapters. Each chapter should address a specific aspect ...

Goodword Books is a publishing house, which is devoted to publishing morally healthy books, which inculcate sound values to the children. Though Goodword Books at present focuses on Islam and tries and bring books, which brings forward to the kids the Islamic morals and ideals, the philosophy behind Goodword's venture is to promote peace, happiness, togetherness and respect for fellow human beings. Goodword books tries and create special rapport with the children by bringing out for them picture and storybooks with exquisite illustrations in watercolour. The Goodword books by the help of ideas taken from the Quran weaves stories for the children which become the rich source of sound moral education and ...

Tips for your writing journeySo, you'd like to be a writer? Congrats! Writing not only is a great way to express yourself, but can provide an income. Keep in mind not all writers make a fortune, some still can’t quit their day job. Below are some tips to start your writing journey.1. Start WritingOkay, so this tip is obvious. For some, it's a question of what to write about, for others how to write. Write how and what you want. What kind of books do you like to read? Fiction, Mystery, science fiction, how to books? How about articles, reports, maybe you're interested in journalism. Whatever the case may be, to get ...

   Newspapers are no longer posting poetry reviews, and if they do, they are slim to none. The general press provides very little coverage of poetry or poets. While there are existing today literary journals that print verse, they have exonerated the printing of literary reviews. They publish page upon page of jam-packed poems, one right after the other. Reading these journals is an absolute travesty and completely defames the spiritual culture of verse. And yet, the poor and unsuspecting, first-time poet still believes that this is a creditworthy accomplishment.    There is, however, an exceptional escalation for the need of the art. There are a record number of literary magazines being established ...