Jane Friedman

APRIL 9, 2025

According to BookScan, print unit sales fell about 1 percent for the first quarter versus last year. This premium article is available to paid subscribers of Jane's newsletter. Login below, or learn more and subscribe. Wondering why some content isn't free? Did something change? Here's an explanation.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 3, 2025

Click here to read more or buy now Here's the sales description: Writing a book can change your life. In this book, award-winning author and creative entrepreneur Joanna Penn takes you step-by-step through the process of writing, publishing, and marketing a successful non-fiction book. Available everywhere from 31 Jan 2025.

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BKA Content

JANUARY 2, 2025

Is Blogging Still Worth It for SEO in 2025? However, given the ever-changing SEO landscape, many marketers may wonder if blogging is still worthwhile in 2025. Here’s why every website needs a blog to stay competitive in 2025 and how you can revamp your blogging strategy for modern search algorithms.

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Grammarly

AUGUST 22, 2023

To cross over from print publishing to digital publishing, traditional press releases needed a major makeover. A press release is an official document or statement published online or sent directly to journalists to announce news to the public. It will be available for sale in December 2030. Pet sitters get in free.

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BKA Content

JANUARY 6, 2025

The 2025 Guide to Buying Blog Posts Online You want more sales, and you want to build your brand. The following are five of the most significant advantages to buying a blog: Fresh Blog Content Drives Traffic: Search engines such as Google reward websites that regularly publish new content. The way to do this is through blogging.

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Smart Blogger

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

You know it’s difficult balancing content marketing and sales with actually creating your product or delivering your service. From content marketing to closing sales, the statistics in this post will help guide you toward the best use of your time and resources. Portent , 2022) By 2025, around 72.6% of retail sales worldwide.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

At Macmillan Publishers , Andrew Faber has joined as academic marketing associate. Kimi Loughlin joins as regional indie sales manager: New England. Sophie Juhlin joins as inside sales manager. Black + White has announced founder and executive publisher Campbell Brown will leave the company this month.

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Buffer

JANUARY 15, 2024

."  Among her favorite recent content examples is a sales multithreading playbook from Lavender that gives you the why, why, and how to without burying the lede. "  She likes the "Grow and Tell" podcast by the B2B sales, onboarding, and renewals workspace provider Dock. I think this is a positive trend.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Macmillan Publishers announced that former senior editor at Avid Reader Press , Julianna Haubner is joining Flatiron Books as executive editor. At Ingram Content Group , SVP of content acquisition international David Taylor will retire in June 2025 after 22 years with the company. Brock Schnoke has been promoted to digital marketing.

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Content Hacker

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Several years back, HubSpot published a report that finally answered a burning question: “How much should you blog?”. It was found that companies with over 400 published blogs get 2x more traffic on average. Publishing 2-4 blog posts per week offers the highest conversion rate and traffic. Email Content Marketing ROI Statistics.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

And if you've been thinking, you know, maybe 2025 is the year I write that book. on amazon.com if you're self-publishing to get 70% royalty. Also as a speaker, you can do back of the room sales. Publishing is not difficult. It's a really solid handbook. This could be a fabulous starting place.

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Freelance Union

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

[link] If you are working with cryptocurrency in your freelance business, the new Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations requiring brokers to report sales and exchanges of digital assets by customers may impact you. The gross proceeds from any sale of digital assets; and C.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 16, 2023

Copywriter A copywriter writes sales messages in the form of texts, or copy, for the purpose of promoting products and services. They create: sales letters blog posts product descriptions app home pages white papers lead magnet copy There are plenty of copywriting opportunities as there are different types of copywriting.

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Smart Blogger

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Amazon Kindle Publishing However niche your writing is , whether fiction or nonfiction, there’s a market for you on Kindle. The US ebook sales generated a staggering $2.12 million by 2025. It’s estimated that the restaurant industry lost $240 billion in sales and the decline continues to this day. trillion by 2027.

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Article Writing

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

John is recognized as a thought leader in PropTech (property technology), whose work has been published in several articles, including the interaction of real estate with the future of work, artificial intelligence (AI), and modernization. Remember, thought leadership is not just meant to benefit you, but your business, too.

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Make a Living Writing

JANUARY 27, 2024

Most agricultural sales traditionally occur person-to-person at conventions or, literally, on the farm. Then I saw a sponsored content piece published in the Guardian about regenerative agriculture, a sustainable farming method I knew inside and out. Most recently, I have had a piece published in the Guardian.

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Intergrowth

MARCH 30, 2023

Prioritizing selling over helping Publishing low-quality content Ignoring/overlooking site speed Neglecting readability of content Not having a deep understanding of what you’re selling Ignoring the SEO basics Not utilizing evergreen content We’ll explain each of these points more in detail below. Studies show that U.S.

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BKA Content

AUGUST 7, 2024

As proof of that, 47% of realty businesses made plans to increase spending on content marketing in 2024 and 2025. Typical goals include raising brand awareness, generating leads, and moving leads through the marketing and sales funnel. Publishing information about the right subjects isn’t enough.

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Buffer

JANUARY 15, 2024

."  Among her favorite recent content examples is a sales multithreading playbook from Lavender that gives you the why, why, and how to without burying the lede. "  She likes the Grow and Tell podcast by the B2B sales, onboarding, and renewals workspace provider Dock. I think this is a positive trend.

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Ben Settle

JANUARY 20, 2024

Back in August I published a book on Amazon called “BizWorld.” So well received, in fact, I’m going to be publishing another far more expensive and way more comprehensive book about World-Building later this year. .” When I wrote the sales letter for it back in 2005-2006 I went through it 13 or 14 times.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

for writing my sales descriptions, doing my marketing plans, writing marketing copy, and coming up with ideas for images, and for book trailers, as well as creating synopses of books, movie pitch documents, and more. (4) I've always been a visual writer, and a visual person. Conclusion So here we are again!

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 9, 2025

1 Top 50 Self-Published Print Books (online sales only) Top 50 Self-Published Ebooks Top 50 Hidden Gems (print, online sales only) includes traditionally and self-published books Of note this month: In the number-two spot on the Hidden Gems list: Be Smart Pay Zero Taxes by Mark J. Quann, published by Newsmax.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 1, 2025

Happy New Year 2025! At the beginning of each year, I publish an article (and podcast episode) here, which helps keep me accountable. 2025 is going to be a year of personal and business changes as I turn 50 and focus on expanding the J.F. The potential launch of OpenAI's Operator in early 2025 is also interesting.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 13, 2025

In the intro, the money episode [ Ink In Your Veins ]; WISE for multi-currency banking ; creative planning tips for 2025 [ Self~Publishing Advice ]; Surprising Trends Authors Cant Ignore in 2025 [ Novel Marketing Podcast ]. Now, as we head into 2025, authors are assessing their priorities for the year.

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Backlinko

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This guide will teach you when (and how) to use reciprocal links safely in 2025 and when to avoid them altogether. Not to mention the potential sales and signups you could get as a result. While Google doesnt use or at least publish any official authority metric, there are tools that can estimate this for you.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 20, 2025

[ AP ]; BookVault is expanding printing to Australia ; GPSR, the EUs new General Product Safety Regulation [ Self-Publishing Advice ]; CreatedByHumans.ai Today's show is sponsored by Draft2Digital , self-publishing with support, where you can get free formatting, free distribution to multiple stores, and a host of other benefits.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 17, 2023

What are the pros and cons of traditional publishing vs self-publishing? With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. Those have been subsequently self-published, indie published by me.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Penn Spear of Destiny , the Gothic Cathedral project, and short stories I researched, wrote and then did a Kickstarter for Spear of Destiny , ARKANE Thriller #13, before publishing it wide a few months later. More to come on that in 2025. It's not for sale at all right now. But it was a truly limited edition.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 1, 2024

At the end of each year, I make a photobook, and I publish an article here, which helps keep me accountable. If your goals are simpler — like finishing your book, or publishing for the first time, or selling 1000 copies, then fantastic! I love January and the opportunity to start afresh.

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Publishing Trends

MARCH 3, 2025

At PRH Christian Publishing , Madison Trammel joined as editorial director, reporting to Laura Barker , VP and publisher. He was most recently publisher of B&H Publishing s academic team. Julie Coryell joins Penguin Publishing Group as publicist, backlist. Shah reports to president of sales, Ed Spade.

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Publishing Trends

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

PEOPLE At Simon & Schuster , Marysue Rucci will become publisher of Scribner on February 24, succeeding Nan Graham. At Penguin Random House , Windy Dorresteyn has moved back to VP and deputy publisher of Ten Speed Graphic , licensing, Clarkson Potter Gift , and Compendium. Kate Ellsworth has joined as editor at Running Press.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Grove Atlantic has announced that VP, associate publisher Judy Hottensen will step down on January 1st, 2025. At Simon & Schuster , Julia Ashley Romero has joined S&Ss Childrens Publishing as digital marketing assistant. She will be taking a sabbatical from publishing. Johns University.

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Publishing Trends

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Martins Press , Lisa Senz whos been with the company for more than thirty years is retiring from her current position as VP, associate publisher, effective March 14. With her departure, the imprint has announced the following changes: Anne Marie Tallberg will become SVP, publishing director, fiction. She was previously at Gallery.

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Publishing Trends

MARCH 5, 2024

PEOPLE Co-Founders Madeline McIntosh, Nina von Moltke and Don Weisberg announced the launch of Authors Equity, a new collaborative book publisher. McIntosh holds the title of CEO and Publisher, von Moltke is President and Weisberg is Senior Advisor. Sam Priddy will serve as publisher.

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Publishing Trends

JULY 23, 2024

PEOPLE Hachette announced a series of promotions and realignments on July 15th that included: Running Press and Workman will combine into Workman Running Press Group as of January 1st, 2025. Running Press publisher Kristin Kiser will become president of that new division at that time. She was previously executive editor at Baker Books.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 28, 2024

Thresholds coming in 2025 ; Some honest thoughts about the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival [ Charlotte Duckworth ]; OpenAI's SearchGPT ; and Signing Spearof Destiny pics. So first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you originally got into writing and self-publishing. How did that experience go with traditional publishing?

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 3, 2025

Why publish into KU and what are some of the ways to market there? With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with writing software, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. What are the tropes and reader expectations for action adventure thrillers?

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