Do you like the name Ink Swift? I hope so because I came up with it! Ink Swift is a self-publishing company offering more books, perks, control than the competition– and there’s a lot of it. New statistics show that more than twice as many new books are now self-published than published traditionally.
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Author Laken Lovely is launching her new book, Through Charlie’s Eyes, today in Jasper, Alabama. She’ll be at the Walden Book in the Jasper Mall form 3:30-6:30. Today is a big day for Laken– her brother Charlie would have turned 17 today, but shortly after midnight on January 1 he lost his battle with cancer. [...]

On October 30 Charlie Lovely turned 16. On October 31 he was diagnosed with cancer. Over the following months Charlie chronicled his battle to live both on video and in a journal. Keeping a promise she made to her little brother, Laken Lovely turned his journals into a memoir, telling the world his story, an [...]

This week an author I’ve been working with, Mimi Keener, is holding an Iowa book tour. She’s visiting a half dozen cities, signing copies of her new book, The Best of Friends. The Des Moines Register published an article about her earlier this week. She also did radio interviews with several stations around the state [...]

Believe it or not there are bright sides to the recession. For author Mimi Keener, the economic downturn pushed her to write the book she’s been dreaming of for three decades. Mimi got laid off and decided to write The Best of Friends, a children’s book about growing up in Iowa. She’s planning a week-long [...]

Besides writing, I also help authors and business owners with promotion. It is something I am passionate about after spending six years as a television reporter. Because of my experience I have connections in markets all over the country. One of those connections helped me get a new author a live interview in the sixth [...]