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CreateSpace & KDP Merge’s Impact on Translated Manuscripts

If you're looking for more information on the transition from CreateSpace to KDP, here's a page from Amazon that gives some great detail and further links to help. There's been a lot of talk about formatting issues with the cover and manuscript, payment changes, cost...

Call for Submissions: Chicken Soup for the Soul

Submissions Chicken Soup for the Soul is open for story submissions in several categories: Grandparents (deadline 9/30/18) Mom knows best (deadline 9/30/18) Life lessons from the dog (deadline 10/31/18) Life lessons from the cat (deadline 11/30/18) Running for good...

Book Launch: Royal Romance Box Set

Royal and Reckless is finally here! Mark this as one of your romance books to read: Sienna Blake's Royally Screwed is included in this $0.99 romance box set, and it's steamy! You can count on a great story, tricky situations, and true love in this hot reverse harem...

Book Launch: Reverse Harem Romance

Reverse harem books don't come better than Sienna Blake's Three Irish Brothers. As a reverse harem standalone, this book is an expert mix of romance novel and erotic adventure, mostly taking place in Ireland. Can you handle three Irish brothers... all at once? I used...

Book Launch: New Adult Paranormal Thriller

Looking for paranormal thriller authors to read? Look no further! Kristina Rienzi is relaunching her Ensouled series, and the first book to hit the spotlight is Choosing Evil. Cursing Evil Serafina Murano is no stranger to the paranormal, nor to evil. All her life...

Guest Post: Story Ideas Are Like Autumn Winds

We finally have the joyous occasion of celebrating a long-awaited release: Haven Divided by Josh de Lioncourt! If you haven't read Haven Lost and its short prequel Harmony's Song, now is the time to grab them—they're free starting today through August 3! Haven...

Featured Fantasy Book Series: Thrice Nine Legends

Looking for fantasy book recommendations? Get comfy—Thrice Nine Legends fantasy book series will entertain you for a while! Fantasy authors Joshua Robertson and J.C. Boyd have created worlds of adventure with dragons, unique creatures, and complex relationships...

Magazines for Writers of Children and Teen Stories

If you write books for children and teens and you'd like to get an agent or be traditionally published, consider writing for children and teen magazines. Publishing houses and agents are more likely to consider your book if you've got some genre-appropriate...

Haven Divided by Josh de Lioncourt – Coming Soon

Josh de Lioncourt's next epic fantasy book is currently in editing! Haven Divided is the highly anticipated second book in the Dragon's Brood Cycle. Here's a taste of what's to come. If you haven't read the first book, catch up on Kindle, paperback, or audiobook....

~ The Importance of Rewriting ~

Fantasy author Amie Irene Winters is launching the final book in her Strange Luck series on Friday, September 22. A Darling Secret is an adventure full of unusual landscapes, new magic, and constant twists and turns. Pre-order here! In the meantime, here's her...

Book Launch: Norse gods, vampires, shifters, and the shock of a lifetime

Fate is a twisted, spiteful thing—and I’m starting to understand why. I thought surviving a supernatural prison would...

Our Website Got a Redesign!

We're thrilled to reveal our fully refreshed website, designed by Konn Lavery! Our site is now easier to navigate,...

How to Choose Comp Titles: Mix and Match Multiple Aspects of Your Novel

Sell your book without giving readers the wrong idea. by Margaret Pinard, historical fiction & fantasy author...

Book Launch: Dark and Twisted Dystopian Science Fiction Anthology

Four short stories from the desolate and tempestuous imagination of Jessica Halsey. Originally published on Kindle...

Book Launch: Danger lurks in every corner of space when hocking crappy merchandise

Saving an alien planet is nothing compared to meeting your sales quota. Untrained tag-along, Marcus Aimond, aboard...

Book Launch: When espionage exposes a hidden world, war threatens its safety

A hidden people not so hidden anymore. The Hidden Realm of Angolin has existed in peaceful isolation for centuries,...

Book Launch: The king of medieval TV is dead, and the game is afoot

“A pitch-perfect combination of action, mystery, and humor.” ―Anthony Award-winning author Gigi Pandian for Jove Brand...

Book Launch: Is Daphne crazy, or is the Brotherhood of the Raven real?

Beware the Brotherhood of the Raven When two boys vanish from her hometown, Daphne Gauge notices uncanny parallels to...

Book Launch: She’s risking her dream of joining the FBI for four gorgeous criminals

Stalker ex? ✔ Four hot roommates? ✔ An illegal secret? ✔✔✔✔✔ I, Clara McElroy, always have a handle on things. List it...

Book Launch: Coming home 11 years later was the worst thing she ever did

When I ran out of Poca eleven years ago, I never planned on seeing the confines of this small town again. Now, it’s...