Writing, Publishing, and Book Marketing Insights

Book Publishing

Scribe Guide to Publishing Imprints

For any author publishing outside of traditional publishing—meaning all the various forms of self-publishing—at some point, you have to address the ...

Scribe Media Mar 24, 2019 6 min read

Book Publishing

How to Design a Great Book Cover (Ultimate Guide)

I could write an entire book just on book covers. It's a deeply interesting subject with a wealth of both art and data behind it...but I won't do ...

Scribe Media Dec 16, 2018 15 min read

Book Publishing

Scribe Guide to Designing Your Book Layout

Have you ever started to read a book, and on the first page–before you’ve engaged the actual content–you immediately get a bad feeling and can’t take ...

Scribe Media Nov 25, 2018 11 min read

Book Marketing

How to Get Incredible Endorsements and Blurbs for Your Book

There are more than 500,000 books published each year in the US alone. How is a potential reader supposed to know that yours is actually good? How ...

Scribe Media Nov 09, 2018 12 min read

Book Publishing

Scribe Guide to Author Photos & Portraits

This is an important and hard truth that most authors avoid: Readers will judge you AND your book based on your author photo. Is that fair? Maybe, ...

Scribe Media Oct 31, 2018 13 min read

Book Publishing

How To Write A Book Dedication (With Examples)

Quick answer: A book dedication is a short line that honors a person, or a small group of people, you want to spotlight. It goes on the dedication ...

Scribe Media Oct 30, 2018 6 min read

Book Writing

Scribe Guide to Making Money with Your Book

One of the most common questions I get from potential authors who are about to write a book is something along the lines of:

Scribe Media Oct 18, 2018 16 min read

Book Publishing

How Much Does It Cost to Publish a Book? (Full Breakdown)

Many authors are concerned with how cheaply they can publish. There is nothing wrong with wanting to save money, but here at Scribe, we cater to ...

Scribe Media Sep 17, 2018 10 min read

Book Publishing

Scribe Guide to Book Pricing (And How to Maximize Sales)

Quick answer: For most nonfiction authors, price your ebook at $3.99 to maximize units sold, $6.99 for a good balance between sales and perception, ...

Scribe Media Aug 15, 2018 5 min read

Book Publishing

How To Write A Book Description That Sells [With Examples]

Quick answer: A book description is the pitch to the reader about why they should buy your book. At Scribe, our copywriters use the Hook, Pain, ...

Scribe Media Sep 16, 2016 13 min read