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The Authorpreneurial Publisher

Blogging to help the author from the publisher's perspective.

Literary Trolls

Hey! It's your girl Critical Eye, coming to you today to vent. Today's vent: Literary Trolls What's a Literary Troll? A Literary Troll is a failed writer who stalks the social networking sites looking for successful authors they can pick at and on in an effort to make thesmelves feel better, instead of feeling like the failures they are. Before I go any further, let me define a failed write...

Do You Have An Author Business Plan?

Most writers have a dream of being a New York Times Bestselling Author. Most have this dream, but it's a dream that will never come true. Why? Lack of business skills. Publishing is a business. It has assets, liabilities and deals with gains and losses. It's not a passionless business, but it's still a business none the less. Ask a non-author business owner/entrepreneur or author whose turned into...

They Will Not Come Running!

The other day, I came across a request from a writer who had written a book and was upset because no publishers had come running and begging to publish her book. They had supposedly been talking about it all over the net and even sent some publishers a letter of inquiry. No one had bit. They even tried agents and went through the same process and even they didn't bite. They were truly upset and...

Welcome Our New Contributor

As you can see, holding down a blog is never an easy task. It's been so busy over here lately with the magazine which is out now that I've barely had time to write any blogs. So I've asked for some help. I've been blessed to have gotten not just a magazine contributor but now our blog contributor. Her name is Critical Eye. She has quite a few years in the business of publishing and knows her stu...

To our existing clients

On behalf of the Z Group, I want to begin by thanking you for entrusting your business with us. Whether you are a design client, branding client or an aspiring author, it is our pleasure to be doing business with you. I wish I could be writing this letter in a time of joy, but sadly I am not. I am writing to apologize for any discomfort and uneasiness your may feel or have felt as a result o...