Enchanting Marketing

JANUARY 28, 2025

You can’t publish it like this. Examples: Very, actual, in my opinion, really, just Chewy sentence: In my opinion, this blog post is fun. More nutritional: This blog post is fun. For instance: What is a good blog post? You cant publish it like this. You can’t publish it like this. What happened?

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

on Unsplash Today’s post is by author Joel Pitney, founder of Launch My Book. “It I have no idea where my book is published.” These are just a few of the comments I’ve heard from authors sharing their experiences with the hybrid publishing companies they’ve chosen to work with. Photo by C. What royalties? Don’t get me wrong.

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Nick Ursborne

APRIL 21, 2023

This time I asked GPT-4 to write me a 40-page Kindle book I could publish on Amazon. Homework #5 is to write a blog post on this exact topic. I put it all together… did some final edits… and then uploaded the text and cover art to Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing site, using a pen name, Nick Tapvana. How long did this all take?

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Harlequin Teen (started in 2009) was relaunched as Inkyard in 2019, publishing both YA and middle-grade fiction. It’s only logical: Publishing is a business, and if the imprint doesn’t earn its keep, there’s only so long it can continue. Publicist Kathleen Schmidt , who has had a long career in traditional publishing, agrees. “If

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 28, 2024

Today’s post is by author Amy L. Over the last several years, I’ve spent oodles of time submitting short stories, essays, poetry, and novels to literary magazines, contests, and publishers. We’re talking scores of hours devoted to searching, formatting, and submitting my stuff directly to the publishing gods (I’m excluding agents).

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Photo by GeoJango Maps on Unsplash Todays post is by Dennis James Sweeney, author of the new book How to Submit. The publishing landscape is complicated! Especially when we are first starting out, we need someone to distill that publishing landscape for us. We want a resource that is dependable, consistent, and navigable.

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Rachelle Gardner

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Have you ever thought a one-on-one conversation with a publishing professional could get you unstuck and move your writing career forward? Maybe you just have a few questions about the querying process or how to get an agent or find a publisher. I offer publishing coaching for any phase of your career, focused on your area of need.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 13, 2024

Today’s post is by author Denise Massar. When I started writing my memoir, my publishing goal was Big Five or nothing. Anyone could self-publish. A New York publishing house sat around a table and debated making an offer on my book?! One week post-surgery I got the lab results: the tumor was benign. That one hurt.

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The Idea Logical Company

MAY 8, 2024

My insight into the commercial world of book publishing is no longer informed by daily contact with people making their living in it. I was gifted an advance reading copy that tells me the book will be published on July 2, 2024.) Before the Erie Canal, publishers were distributed among Boston, New York, and Philadelphia.

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Jane Friedman

JULY 10, 2024

Book publishing is a New York–centric business, to a fault. All of the major US publishers are based there, as are many literary agents. When I visited Chicago this past June, I had the opportunity to meet Doug Seibold, the founder of Agate Publishing , established in 2002. Sometimes certain kinds of books are up. Yes and no.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Todays post is by author Tara Deal , whose novella Life/Insurance is out now. Its difficult to find someone who wants to publish it. No one wants to spend money on such a little book (whether youre a publisher or a customer). Publishers and agents and literary magazines didnt seem interested in novellas. I still dont.

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Buffer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

At Buffer, we recently embarked on an ambitious project: uncovering the best times to post on every major social network in 2024.    We poured over millions of posts, Reels, Tweets, TikToks, Shorts, videos, and more to pinpoint when the best-performing content was published. 

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Agency Content Writer

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Do you need blog posts, social media updates, whitepapers, or email campaigns? Popular formats include: Blog Posts : Ideal for driving organic traffic and educating readers. Social Media Posts : Essential for engaging with followers and building brand loyalty. Are you looking to publish three blogs a month?

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 12, 2024

Today’s post is by author Amy L. Securing the services of a literary agent has long been the gold standard for authors pursuing a long and successful career in publishing. At the turn of the twentieth century, the so-called “author’s representative” emerged as the figure who would help authors cut a better deal with publishers.

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Jane Friedman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Today’s post is by author Cynthia Swanson. The editor who took over, more interested in publishing nonfiction than fiction, politely passed. Published by Akashic Books, part of their Noir series, Denver Noir was the best group project I ever did. I asked her straight out, “Is this book publishable?

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 17, 2024

Photo by Ryan Graybill on Unsplash Today’s post is by novelist Kyla Zhao. This week, my sophomore novel Valley Verified came out into the world—exactly one year after my debut novel The Fraud Squad was published. Back then, I was blissfully ignorant of the intricacies of the publishing industry.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Theres a cornucopia of newsletters, blogs and podcasts available to publishers, authors, and book people, so we asked those who follow the industry what they actually read. Ann Kjellberg s BookPost is a subscription-based blog where famous authors post book reviews.

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Agency Content Writer

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This can vary from blog posts to web articles, newsletters, and social media posts. Authors who understand tech tools can align their work seamlessly with digital frameworks—platforms like EdApp detail content authors’ technical roles, such as publishing courseware or managing digital paths. Here are a few categories.

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 11, 2025

Todays post is by author and book coach Anne Janzer. So I rushed to fill it, focusing all my energy on getting the book to market quickly, publishing myself. Once it was published, I started the hard work I had deferred: sharing the ideas, blogging, speaking, defending the framework, and learning from others.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 19, 2024

Two of these lists focus on self-published books exclusively (print format and ebook format), and a third list looks at both traditionally published books and self-published books (print format), but excludes Big Five publishers and other major houses. What did you start posting on TikTok? He graciously agreed.

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The Idea Logical Company

JUNE 5, 2023

Books usually have prices set by the publisher which determines pretty much what you’re going to pay for it, regardless of where you buy it. My friend Thad McIlroy has written a brilliant piece for PW about the impact of AI like ChatGPT on book publishing. In it, he suggests that it could kill trade publishing.

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Buffer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The original Buffer Marketing team started posting to the blog as far back as 2013, a very different time for content on the Internet.     If you’re looking for simple guidance on writing your first blog post, scroll down to the penultimate header, ‘How to write a blog post in 6 steps,’ for a simple guide.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 7, 2025

Photo by Leslie Duarte Castro Todays post is by freelance book designer Andrea Reider. There are good reasons for these long-standing publishing traditions. Too many books are published with charts and graphs that makes them look amateurish, unprofessional, and are often difficult for readers to understand.

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Melanie Saxton

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The goal should be to publish a book that resonates naturally with human readers. I help authors add realism and emotional depth to manuscripts so they can publish books that are more human-centric. The post Enhance Your AI Content with the Help of a Book Editor appeared first on Melanie Saxton Media.

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Photo by Dennis Anderson on Unsplash Today’s post is by writer, editor, and book coach Jennifer Landau. Was the attack on Rushdie related to the fatwa that the Ayatollah Khomeini had issued when Rushdie published The Satanic Verses thirty plus years ago? This format works well for memoir, too. Did they have a fight before he left?

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Arrant Pedantry

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

.”) Inside, you’ll find new guidance on inclusive language, electronic publishing, self-publishing, editing fiction, AI, new media, and more. I haven’t had a chance to look through all the updates yet, but I hope to post a more thorough review soon. His responses are below.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash Todays post is by writer and editor Lisa Cooper Ellison. Even when a publisher accepts a longer book or asks for more content, theyre rarely interested in more backstory. If you enjoyed this post, join us for the online class Memoir Backstory with Lisa Cooper Ellison.

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Backlinko

JULY 26, 2024

Another 24% of respondents say long-form blog posts are the most effective when it comes to content production ( Semrush ) Blogging Content Statistics What are the elements of high-performing blog posts? Check out these stats on the benefits of blogging. 82% of bloggers report at least “some results” from their blogs.

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Backlinko

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Sign up and I’ll email to let you know about my favorite piece of content we’ve published each week. You’ll know by now that we only hit publish on a piece of content if we think it’s the best article on its topic on the internet. I source a lot of my updates from X/Twitter, where search engine representatives regularly post.

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Express Writers

JANUARY 28, 2025

While blog posts are valuable for nurturing existing customers and reaching new ones to bring in more traffic, effective promotion is necessary for content to be noticed. If youre unsure how to promote a new blog post, these tried and tested strategies effectively generate more traffic for brands.

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ContentWriters

JANUARY 30, 2025

Check the publisher: Are they a government agency or a professional institution? gov) websites Fact-checked news domains Industry-leading blogs and publishers For example, if youre writing an article about a specific medical condition, look for websites connected to research websites that include medical publications.

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Buffer

JULY 23, 2024

And then we attended a webinar where we learned about platforms that help businesses write and publish press releases that get picked up by major news outlets like The Associated Press.   I was blown away: Within a week of publishing this first press release, we saw our web traffic increase by 220 percent.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Photo by Onin Today’s post is by book coach Nicole Pope. In journalism, we call them human interest stories—articles or broadcasts that cover the news from the perspective of individuals who are affected by the events. Casualty numbers after an earthquake, for example, may feel abstract to readers far away.

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Animalz

DECEMBER 5, 2024

.” When Jimmy hosts Content, Briefly , Superpath’s podcast , guests often mention how this post has influenced their careers. I’m pretty happy if people still talk about one of my articles a few weeks after I hit publish. The term most likely also came from a blog post or online publication.

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Enchanting Marketing

JULY 30, 2024

There’s always room for getting better Austin Kleon posted this quote from Ian Svenonius’s book Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ‘n’ Roll Group: If one becomes a lawyer, scholar, mechanist, typist, scientist, production assistant, or what-have-you, the world will commend your decision. They still practice to improve.

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Buffer

AUGUST 27, 2024

From capturing ideas to scheduling posts, automation tools can handle the nitty-gritty so you can focus on what you do best — creating. Add tags or categories to keep everything organized, making it easy to sort through when you’re planning your next post. That’s where automation comes to the rescue.

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Contently

AUGUST 16, 2024

And with laser-targeted audiences, a publishing platform, and a built-in professional network, it’s easy to find LinkedIn marketing examples from brands doing it right. You probably already have awesome content on your own site, and now is the perfect time to share it and extend its reach on LinkedIn’s publishing platform.

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