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Tips for Building Your Author Website and Blog

As an author, your website is your home base! It’s an important platform for developing your brand and inviting contact from readers, book industry leaders, and media professionals. You’ll want your website to be: Attractive, with a color scheme and tone representing your genre/brand Easy to navigate Adaptable for use on mobile devices Safe and […]

Michigan Medicine CEO’s fast-paced thriller novel warns of dangerous ransomware attacks on hospitals

Ann Arbor, MI–Michigan Medicine CEO and Dean of the University of Michigan Medical School, Dr. Marschall Runge, warns of the dangers rooted in the advancement of medical technology in his new ripped-from-headlines thriller, “Coded to Kill” (Post Hill Press, June 13, 2023). About the book: Is medicine’s greatest breakthrough also the world’s most efficient killing […]

Authors Forward: W. B. Murph/Joni McCoy interview

Welcome to our Authors Forward series, where our innovative and talented Books Forward authors interview other great, forward-thinking voices in the industry. W.B. Murph is a 5-year-old Beagle living his best life in Colorado. He whispers story ideas to his ever-faithful, former veterinary nurse human, who writes them down. Murph interviewed author and bookstore owner […]

Young witch flees family abuse, seeks own happy ending

“A multi-layered and intoxicating fantasy that explores the adverse effects of emotional abuse and the courage it takes to break away and pave your own path.”  -Lenore Borja, author of “The Last Huntress” Greensboro, NC – Wander the world with Georgette and her magical friends in this tender and hopeful fantasy story from award-winning author, […]