Confusing Industry News in Bookselling – The Steve Laube Agency
Last week the Hastings, a chain of 126 retail stores, declared bankruptcy. Approximately half of their sales are from books (the other half are movies, music, games, etc). They claim “a decline in the market for physical media properties like music, movies, books, games and media [...]
Morgan James Responds to Sunday’s Tragic Events in Orlando
Morgan James shares our deepest sympathies with the friends and families of the Orlando nightclub victims and prays for those injured in Sunday’s tragic events a full recovery. We understand that violence is a process and not an event and it is our belief that [...]
Morgan James Radio Episode 005: How to Write Copy That Sells with Ray Edwards
Morgan James Radio Episode 005: How to Write Copy That Sells with Ray Edwards Today’s episode is all about 2 things! The relationship between author and publisher and how it can and should be a mutually beneficial. Next we’ll chat about How To Write Copy [...]
Hot New Releases for June 14th 2016
Morgan James Publishing is excited to announce these Hot New Releases for this week! Each of these are available at your favorite bookseller or online starting this week. Teachable Moments: Building Blocks of Christian Parenting Contributor: Robinson, Jonathan C Annotation: Are you [...]
Morgan James Radio Episode 4: Movie Magic – The backstory of Chris Whaley’s book The Masked Saint
Morgan James Episode 004: Movie Magic – The backstory of Chris Whaley’s book The Masked Saint and the movie by the same name. Listen in as Chris Whaley, Jody Maberry and and I chat about the book, the movie and how it all happened on [...]
Hot New Releases for June 7th 2016
Morgan James Publishing is excited to announce these Hot New Releases for this week! Each of these are available at your favorite bookseller or online starting this week. Falling Into the Rhythm of Life: Life Lessons Straight from the Horse's Mouth Contributor(s): [...]
Morgan James Radio Episode 003: You Can’t Judge a Book by its Cover – but we all do.
Morgan James Radio Episode 003: You Can’t Judge a Book by its Cover – but we all do. Today’s episode is all about your book cover. But to get there you’ll hear our Show facilitator, Jody Maberry, pull out the incredible story of bringing in [...]
Preparing for a Conference – The Steve Laube Agency
When getting ready for a conference, writers agonize over creating the perfect one-sheet sales pitch, polishing manuscripts, and how they’ll conduct themselves when meeting with agents and editors. But not every preparation is writing-related. I’ve been on faculty at many conferences and I’ve learned a [...]
Morgan James Radio Episode 002: Give Me 48 Days And I’ll Show You How To Have The Work You Will Love – With Dan Miller
Episode 002: Give Me 48 Days and I’ll show how to have the Work You will Love – with Dan Miller We are so glad you came back to listen in to our next episode of Morgan James Radio. Our goal is to help you [...]
Introducing Morgan James Radio! Episode 001
Episode 001: Welcome to Morgan James Radio Today’s introductory episode is all about you. But to get there you’ll hear our Show facilitator, Jody Maberry, pull out the incredible backstory of our founder, and host, David Hancock and the birth of The Entrepreneurial Publishing model. [...]
Self-Publish or Traditionally Publish?
Aspiring authors often ask me whether they should self-publish, or go the way of a traditional publishing house. It’s a tricky question because the industry is changing so fast. There’s no “right” answer, but there are strong pros and cons to each option. Knowing the [...]
Crowdfunding Usually Doesn’t Work for Writers—But It Can | Jane Friedman
Over 70% of author crowdfunding campaigns fail, but you can beat the odds if you embrace your role as chief marketing officer of your book. Crowdfunding can market and presell your book. Since most books fail to turn a profit, the ability to raise money [...]