Where to Find Children's Books in Braille
If you open up any parenting magazine these days you are bound to find an article about the importance of reading to children. Children who are blind also love reading, but their parents or caregivers are often at a loss as to how to obtain books in their child's future reading medium. There are services that loan braille books to children and their families, but many future braille readers are like their sighted peers in that they especially like to have some books they own and can read again and again.

27 Effective, Innovative, Creative, Fun (& Cheap) Ways to Sell More Books!
Use the ideas that Cathy has provided in this article to create a buzz about your book without breaking your budget.

Book Promotion Countdown Checklist
Got a book that's going to be published soon? Then read Dr. Tedder's checklist! When to do what, starting at 12 months before publication.

Sell More Books With a Powerful Back Cover
Did you know that your back cover information is, after the cover, the best way to sell more books? And , that most authors, emerging and experienced, miss this opportunity to engage more potential buyers? Judy shows you how to take advantage of your back cover!

Create a Books Wanted Notebook
Books are a precious commodity in many homes. In fact, I heard of one husband saying “the most expensive real estate the family owned was the rare space on the bookshelves.” This is no exaggeration considering many homeschooling families have literally hundreds of books. As the number of books grow in a home, you can lose track of what you have and what you want. This simple notebook should help manage this task and prevent wasted money by preventing duplicate purchases and lost opportunities because you thought you already had a book and didn’t buy it at that tremendous used book sale you just happened to run across.

The Harry Potter Novels
There have been books that appealed to all ages. There have been books meant for adults that have become, often in an edited form, classics for children. Within the genre of fantasy there have been a few books that have had a universal audience. Everybody reads Harry Potter and this series has become extraordinarily popular. It becomes a reasonable and timely project to examine these books objectively and to compare them with the most likely books of the same type.

E-Books For Teens?
Electronic format books (E-books) are growing in popularity. Is there a place for them in teen fiction markets and in the literature classroom?

Comment: E-Books for Teens?
Electronic format books (E-books) are growing in popularity. Is there a place for them in teen fiction markets and in the literature classroom?

Financing a Book Collection: Responsible Online Selling
For book collectors on a budget, one way of financing their collection is to sell books online. But the only way to do so sucessfully is by taking a lesson from the professionals.

Cryptozoology Bibliography
Looking for cryptozoology books? Then check out the CryptoZoo's "Cryptozoology Reference Library"! This listing will be updated frequently with new books, magazines, and organizations.




Interview with Angela Adair-Hoy, author of How to Write, Publish & $ell E-books
Adair-Hoy is one of the most well known on-line author/publishers. Here she talks to The Compulsive Reader about her book, her publishing company, the future of e-books, about POD, writing with young children, poetry, and her work in progress.

Selling Your Needlework Designs
The first in our "Selling Your Crafts" series is a sales primer from Yarn Tree. Although aimed at those who have designed needlework patterns, much of this excellent marketing advice applies to selling other crafts as well.

Books for the College Bound: Nonfiction
This is a list of books recommended by the American Library Association for students that are college bound (also known as college prep). Several of these books cover subjects with mature subject matter, so please review the book for appropriateness prior to giving it as a reading assignment.

E-Books Broaden the Playing Field for Writers
Lindsay McKenna, aka Eileen Nauman, shares information with Devoted to Romance readers about why she chose to publish some of her books electronically. Read about why she thinks e-publishing and print-on-demand books is the wave of the future.

Sell More Books with a Powerful Back Cover
There is more to a book than its cover and it's called the back cover. This is where your book will either pass or fail in the hands of a potential buyer and reader of your book.