September 4, 2010 1:58 am
August has been a busy month for author MaryAnn De Salva! She has appeared at several local events in her home town of Green Bay, Wisconsin, signing copies of her children’s book, PERCY’S SPECIAL GIFT.
On August 17th, De Salva was a featured guest on a local television talk show on Green Bay’s Channel 2. Host [...]
August 6, 2010 6:10 pm
PG: MaryAnn, we at Publishing Gurus are very excited about your book, “Percy’s Special Gift.” It was the first book published through Publishing Gurus, now that we are a recognized independent publishing house! Will you please tell us something about yourself?
DS: To begin with, I am a proud graduate of the University of [...]
Continue reading....August 2, 2010 1:31 pm
“Percy’s Special Gift”, our first Published Children’s book is already available in six US Book Stores, do check them out:
In Green Bay, WI
Readers Loft
Bosse’ News & Tobacco
St. Catherine Book & Gift Store
In DePere, WI
Butterfly Books
Bay St. Louis, MS
Bay Books
San Diego, CA
Yellow Book Road
June 21, 2010 12:42 am
During my last two years in the publishing industry, I have talked with many authors. The most basic query they have is, What kind of book should I publish?
Guess what? The answer is very simple. Tomorrow, simply walk to the nearest bookstore and browse through the book racks.
Ask yourself: What kind of books do I, as a reader, love to buy?
Novels? If you need some good entertainment to pass the time, then a novel or some other fiction, maybe. But what are the chances you will buy it?
The truth is, unless you have heard about the novel from your friends or colleagues, advertising or media channels, you will simply put it back on the shelf – unless the synopsis on the back is very intriguing, accompanied by an eye-catching book cover.
In 2009, about 764,500 books were self-published, vs. approximately 288,000 that were traditionally published, according to Publishers’ Weekly figures.
How many do you expect have been really successful in bringing back huge chunks of money to the authors? Maybe not even 10,000 books.
Why?
Publishing has a few rules that every author should keep in mind when writing & publishing books:
Continue reading....January 8, 2010 8:40 am
Andrew Lawrence was Wicked Sunny’s first Book Formatting Client and has completed 6 books with him.
Q. Andrew, please tell us something about yourself – for example, your age, education, where you live, and so on?
I am a baby boomer in my early sixties. During the Vietnam War era I graduated from Ithaca College with [...]
