by Linden Gross | Oct 7, 2019 | Publishing
You’ve thrown everything you have into your book, and it’s finally done. Now it’s time to design a cover that not only does it justice, but grabs the notice of potential readers. But here’s the deal. Most of them won’t be seeing it in...
by Linden Gross | Jun 27, 2019 | Publishing
Assuming you haven’t sold the audio rights to your book, you can take it to the next level by publishing your own audiobook. For those of you who haven’t signed any contracts yet, making a deal with a publishing company for print rights is far different...
by Linden Gross | Jun 20, 2019 | Publishing
If you haven’t yet read my father Leonard Gross’s riveting The Last Jews in Berlin, you can now listen to the just-published audio version. This critically acclaimed account of twelve Jews who went underground in Nazi Berlin—and survived—became a New...
by Linden Gross | May 23, 2019 | Publishing
A while back, I wrote a post about a T-shirt my client Jim Mazziotti gave me while he was editing his manuscript. As you can see directly below, he wasn’t having the easiest time. Fast forward. Not only has Jim published his book titled The Challenge: How 144...
by Linden Gross | Apr 12, 2018 | Business, Marketing, Publishing, Sales
Publishers aren’t just looking for strong, new books. Quality is great, but sales are what matter in the end, at least when you’re in the selling-books business. So what publishers really want to know is whether you bring an audience along with you. That...
by Linden Gross | Jan 4, 2018 | Publishing, Writing Life
They say writers never die. If my dad, Leonard Gross, is any indication, that’s absolutely true. Two-plus years after Dad’s death and 35 years after Simon & Schuster published The Last Jews in Berlin, which is based on interviews Dad did with Jews who...
