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Are printed books going extinct?

If you’ve been anywhere near the Internet recently you’ll probably have heard a lot of talk about e-books. Last year, sales of e-books outperformed those of printed books, and that trend looks set to continue. Some have even called e-books the biggest thing to happen to publishing since Gutenberg.

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How do you get your book discovered?

For years authors and publishers have been pondering the question, how do books get discovered? The sad fact is that there is no sure way of predicting which books will meet with success and which will flounder. If there was, then J. K. Rowling wouldn’t have been rejected twelve times before finding a publisher for Harry Potter.

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Does your book have Hollywood potential?

Several books published by Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI) imprints, which include iUniverse, have already been turned into movies. In the near future, we are expecting more to follow. That’s because ASI has teamed up with Meredith Vieira Productions (MVP) with the aim of giving indie authors more opportunities to have their books optioned for TV and film.

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