Children’s Books – write & publish
Our theme this spring is Children’s Books. After all some of the great activities for Spring Break and the lockdown extension that has kids at home for longer than usual might include: reading wonderful books by Canadian authors – get
Do you know what BISAC subjects are and why they matter?
This post is inspired by a BookNetCanada.ca blog post that we happened upon, which had a little quiz challenging you to guess the book title of best sellers based on BISAC subjects. Do you know what BISAC subject are? And why
Canada Book Consumer Survey (from BookNetCanada.ca)
In a recent email (3/29/2021) from BookNetCanada.ca they say: "In 2020, 33% of Canadians bought a new print book, 32% borrowed a book from a public library, and 31% didn’t acquire any books. When we look at where these buyers ended
5 Reasons Online Learning Works
What’s holding you back from self-publishing or marketing your book? For most of our clients, what stopped them (before working with us of course!), was a lack of understanding about the process. That’s why we created our online learning platform and
Learning about the book publishing industry
One of our goals is to curate information and/or sources for information that we think might be useful to help Canadian authors understand the book publishing world. BookNetCanada.ca is a great source of information for publishers and since self-published authors are
Best Practises for Posting on Social Media
Whether you’re just starting out in the online space, or have been trying to build an audience for a while without results, there are some best practises you can implement that will serve you and your profiles! These aren’t about your
3 questions to ask yourself to determine what social media platforms you should be on
This past year has made abundantly clear the importance of having an online presence as a small business owner. As an aspiring or published author, that includes you! Whether you’re currently avoiding using social media because you thought it would be
Advertising on Amazon
The research on this has been interesting to say the least! While it seems you can only advertise on Amazon via an account on Amazon
Look inside the book
Well, you are browsing books you'd like to read and thinking about marketing your book
Print-On-Demand (POD)
We often get questions about printing and distribution, and the relationship between the two. As we've mentioned before a balanced approach might be best, however it depends on your goals. And, currently with COVID-19, in-person events are not really an