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       Does advertising, promoting copies, adding/changing distributors really make a difference? It is really hard to tell.        It just takes a handful of folks… Read More »How to SELL your book.

      As a publishing company, we have the privilege of reading through manuscripts that others have written. Some of these manuscripts are quite good! But… Read More »Let’s not forget THE book!

       So you’ve written a work that you are crazy excited about.  So much so, that you have decided to publish it.  Here are the… Read More »How to totally FAIL at publishing your book…

       So you’ve written a work that you are crazy excited about.  So much so, that you have decided to publish it.  Here are the… Read More »How to totally FAIL at publishing your book…

       In the process of publishing books, the staff at McKinney Publishing have noticed a trend that probably needs to be discussed.  Some of our… Read More »May we have a word about your usage of CAPS, Bold, and Italics?

       There is a lingering feeling that authors must somehow get paid really well.  This is reinforced by some news article or movie clips that… Read More »What ever happened to my Author Advance??

       So, I just did some more research, as I am always looking for more ways to get our author’s books out into places where… Read More »Finding a self-publishing break??

       When you consider writing a book, you probably though the hard work would be in the writing.  However, many authors find out that the… Read More »Critical Mass in Booksales

Writers like words.  That should go without saying.  But writers are often prone to remember the words of others, and wish to use the words… Read More »“Fair Use” or “Unfair Use”

       Many authors are inspired by other writer.  So much so, that they often want to includes quotes from their favorite author in their own… Read More »To Quote or not to Quote