Ask an Editor: How are textbooks made and why are they so damn expensive?
Nov 30, 2016 – Understanding Publishing
![](https://blog-cdn.reedsy.com/directories/admin/featured_image/70/large_e12b4e6986dae7ba491a102e4-ab993b.webp)
Karrin Marie Varucene is a Reedsy editor with seven years of editorial experience, including development editing, copy editing, and proofreading. She gained her editorial start in educational publishing and has since groomed her skills with creative nonfiction manuscripts and digital content mark... Read more →
"How I made Simon & Schuster give me my own publishing company:" An Interview with Tucker Max
Oct 13, 2016 – Understanding Publishing
![](https://blog-cdn.reedsy.com/directories/admin/featured_image/64/large_47532144ca3ccfd45f930fb60-0d1213.webp)
Tucker Max is a trailblazer in the world of publishing. Find out how the author of 'I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell' sold millions of copies and held a Big Five publisher to ransom in the process. Read more →
Introducing Reedsy Learning: The Five-Minute Publishing School
Oct 10, 2016 – Reedsy News
![](https://blog-cdn.reedsy.com/directories/admin/featured_image/63/large_4bc5e3f26216b5bc5e8fb490b-55ccfe.webp)
“Once you stop learning, you start dying,” a great man with a mustache once said. And while I’m sure most of us agree with the sentiment, our hectic modern lives often leave us with little time to expand our knowledge. That is, of course, until now. Today, the team here at Reedsy is proud to u... Read more →
Stuck on your first draft? Call a developmental editor... or a ghostwriter
Sep 15, 2016 – Understanding Publishing
![](https://blog-cdn.reedsy.com/directories/admin/featured_image/62/large_e5ea08a587b63cff8ee09d09f-866a88.webp)
So, you’ve got an original idea for a book. Maybe it’s the memoir you’ve meant to write for years, or a stunning business book designed to shake up the status quo in Silicon Valley. Once you have this idea, how do you turn it into an actual manuscript? Writing a book is no simple task, which is ... Read more →
14 Unexpected Day Jobs of Bestselling Authors
Sep 07, 2016 – Perfecting your Craft
![](https://blog-cdn.reedsy.com/directories/admin/featured_image/60/large_aae30336256dc82dcbb0f4ec7-347d7a.webp)
Most authors weren't born on the Bestsellers list. Find out what writers like Salinger, Murakami, and Harper Lee did before they hit it big. Read more →
How to Identify a Target Audience for Your Book in 3 Steps
Aug 04, 2016 – Book Marketing
![](https://blog-cdn.reedsy.com/directories/admin/featured_image/58/large_4c8b954d0a5a4b5da51ce2dfb-7b47b1.webp)
Refine your target audience and start marketing your book in all the right places. We show you a simple 3-step system to find your core readership. Read more →
Self-Publishing a Family Memoir
Aug 01, 2016 – From our Authors
![](https://blog-cdn.reedsy.com/directories/admin/featured_image/57/large_d2bf168ae0bf8064cd4700d2d-bbfc59.webp)
Having previously published many children's books, Malaika Rose Stanley is no stranger to publishing. Yet with Loose Connections, she attempted something completely different from her usual style of writing. Read on to know what it was like for her to self-publish her book and go on a familiar ye... Read more →
Writing a Book when English is not your First Language by author Dom Cutrupi
Jul 21, 2016 – From our Authors
![](https://blog-cdn.reedsy.com/directories/admin/featured_image/56/large_1105c188b8418609e44a31778-f97d56.webp)
Dom Cutrupi is the author of The Abyss of Lumberwitch, the first volume of his Abyss series. A storyteller by day, and a video editor by night, he chose to write a novel in English even though it was a foreign language for him. In an intimate conversation with the Reedsy team, Dom reveals what it... Read more →
Why I Self-Publish My Literary Fiction
Jul 07, 2016 – Understanding Publishing
![](https://blog-cdn.reedsy.com/directories/admin/featured_image/55/large_jane-davis-080078.webp)
Is self-publishing your literary fiction book a good idea? It might be time to challenge popular opinions and maximize creative control. Read more →
How to Get “Writing a Novel” off Your Bucket List
Jul 04, 2016 – From our Authors
![](https://blog-cdn.reedsy.com/directories/admin/featured_image/54/large_f5cea4fd89cccd4413488c43a-1697da.webp)
Natalie Barelli harbored a dream that's all too familiar for our readers — writing a novel. An IT professional writing a psychological thriller might have seemed like a pipe dream, but persistence led to a book which by all accounts is a real page-turner. If "writing a novel" is still on your buc... Read more →
Subscribe to our newsletter!
1 million debut and bestselling authors have made Reedsy their home to learn more about book publishing, marketing tips and all things reedsy.com.