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AI Audiobook Narration: A Shortcut with Major Drawbacks
by Senn Annis, Audiobook Narrator and Voice Actor
The past few years have seen the advent of many AI tools that claim to maximize author productivity and minimize cost. When it comes to the decision to produce your audiobook, AI generated audiobooks are one option that authors are now considering.
Best Practices for Developing Your Author Website
by Kevin Rice, Rice Digital
Building an author website is essential for promoting your work, establishing your online presence, and connecting with readers. When designing your website, following best practices can ensure the final product is effective, user-friendly, and meets your business goals.
Tips for Memorable Author Presentations
by Nathalie Mailhot, Master Your Authentic Voice
As an author, promoting your book after publication is a vital step to ensuring your book’s success. Book tours, author events or even podcasts can be an essential marketing strategy to promote your work, connect with readers, and boost sales to help your book get the recognition it deserves.
3 AI Tools Every Author Should Know About: Part 3 in our AI for Authors series
From writer’s block to struggling with prose that just doesn’t flow, it can seem like the obstacles in your path as an author are endless. In the rapidly shifting digital world, AI has been changing the literary landscape and offering creative solutions for authors.
Essential Elements of an Author Media Pitch
As an author, getting your name out there is key to finding your audience, and media interest is a much sought after opportunity for visibility! We’ve already devoted a post to the design and content of author press kits.
4 Ways for Fiction Writers to Use AI
We already featured some tips in our first blog post in this series: How AI can Help Write Your Book. In this blog post, we continue on the theme, specifically with fiction authors in mind.
The Art of the Opening: How to Intrigue Readers from Page One
There's nothing worse than reading a story that begins with the dreaded trope of the main character looking into the mirror, weighing down the text from the outset with physical descriptions. Or beginning with a gripping moment when tension is at its peak, only for the author to reveal that it was a dream. Don't let your story fall into these traps! To avoid these pitfalls, here are a few tips for beginning your tale with a bang.
Making the Most of Your Podcast Appearance
Podcasting can be a great way of positioning your brand as an author and promote your work. Even better, there are so many podcasts out there, and they all want content.
So, once you are booked for a podcast, what do you do to make sure everything goes well? In this post, we are going to cover four things that you want to check off the list before your interview starts
The 5 Key Questions to Ask Before Picking a Publishing Partner
With the onslaught of publishing partners popping up all over the internet, finding one that’s the right fit for you can be overwhelming and difficult. It makes taking that big leap in publishing your book, a moment which should be exciting, incredibly daunting.
But not to worry! We’ve compiled a list of the five most important questions you should be asking potential publishing partners before signing a contract for your upcoming book.
5 Steps You Have to Take Before Producing Your Children’s Book – Part II
In our previous post, we looked at the first three steps every children’s author needs to take to best prepare their book for publication. In part 2 of this topic, we are going to look at the last two steps as you inch closer to the book layout phase. Once you have looked at your manuscript, and determined your page breaks and appropriate illustrations for each page, you can turn your attention to making those illustrations a reality!
5 Steps You Have to Take Before Producing Your Children’s Book – Part I
When it comes to writing and publishing, one of the most popular genres is children's books. At Aaxel Author Services, we receive many requests from children’s authors. While these authors are very enthusiastic about their manuscript, quite a few are surprisingly unaware of the scope of work involved in producing a children's book. True, children’s books are shorter than (nearly) any novel, but the degree of planning and preparation is almost unparalleled.
Critique Groups: How to Find the Right One for You
As any seasoned writer will tell you, manuscript feedback is critical. The question, however, is where to turn for this so-important feedback? Cue the critique group! A collective of writers passionate about the craft and eager to provide the support and feedback that you want. What could be better?
Yes, You Need an Author Website! (Here Are the Absolute Must-Haves)
One thing you absolutely need, however, is an author website. Yes, even in our age of social media, a website is not a marketing step you want to skip over. After all, social media platforms can come and go and their algorithms always change, but a website is yours. It’s your piece of real estate that you wholly control.
Book Marketing Plans: The Key Pieces to Make Your Book Stand Out
As any author will tell you, publishing your book is just one piece of the overall “author puzzle”. Indeed, with all the books being churned out every day, making sure yours stands out is an absolute must. And if you are madly Googling terms like “book marketing”, the task of finding a readership can suddenly seem an impossible one.
How AI Can Help Write Your Book
AI has taken the world by storm, sparking tons of debate and interest in the technology. Because of the speed at which it’s developing, the laws and regulations concerning AI and its generated content are a little messy and has everyone wondering whether it’s ethical to use AI to produce one’s work.
Unlocking the Power of Beta Readers
While writing a book can be a solitary experience, at some point, in order for your manuscript to truly reach its potential, you need to share it with others.
Author Press Kits: The Key Pieces to Make Yours Stand Out
Any author looking to court media attention will want a press kit. But before contacting your graphic designer (or hopping on Canva), it’s best to have a clear idea of what your press kit will contain.
Author Photos: When You Need Them and How to Get Them Right
Book marketing strategies often include elements such as a website, press kit and social media, and while those are all valid and important (depending on your author brand and target readership), pretty much any marketing tool you implement will require something equally important: a photo of you!
Wholesale Discounts on IngramSpark: What You need to Know
When it comes to publishing your paperback, there are two publishing platforms that Aaxel Author Services recommends: Kindle Direct Publishing (for Amazon) and IngramSpark, which makes your book available for...
The Worst Clichés to Avoid in Fiction Writing
The bane of any writer’s existence is knowing that every story has been told before. From Shakespeare to today’s contemporary writers, stories are all adaptations and interpretations of the many that already exist. Truly original ideas are a rarity and every writer thinks they’ll write the next one.
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