In this series we will address one of the biggest questions facing authors today: how will I publish my book?  As little as ten or fifteen years ago, this answer would have been simple: get an agent, who will then pitch the book to major publishers on your behalf.

Say you’ve written a book or are still in the process of writing it. How do you use your existing content to create more value for your readers? Or maybe even use that same content to create useful products to compliment your book? Ancillary materials, like reading guides and workbooks, are one way to leverage and monetize the content you’ve already created.

A fascinating and insightful video about the future of publishing. This video was created by the khaki group and presented by the UK branch of Dorling Kindersley Books for an internal presentation, and has since spread throughout DK and Penguin Group.

Watch it through to the very end. Things are not always as they seem!

Everyone at GBG is excited to share the news, so we thought we'd let are readers know as well!

Calling all indie authors and publishers--including small and mid-size independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors.

If you don't give your book a good name, it will get teased on the playground, and grow up to resent you because of it. A title is how people know and remember a book, much as they know and remember a person. At Greenleaf, work on a book's cover design does not begin until the title is set.

For those of you who like statistics and pie charts, we wanted to share the results of a recent survey about reading and book-buying habits.

The Nautilus Book Awards, which recognizes "books and audio books that promote spiritual growth, conscious living, and positive social change," has extended its deadline for entries to February 28, 2010.

Many forms of entertainment have been releasing free chunks of content for promotional use for ages. The music industry has singles. The movie industry has trailers. Publishers and authors have to figure out ways to do the same thing with the written word.

Every year, publishers, authors, and other book industry folks gather at BookExpo America, or BEA.