Cheryl Kaye Tardif's Blog – May 2008 Archive (4)

Out of over 28,000 independent book publishers in the US, ForeWord magazine selected one winner for their First Independent Publisher of the Year award.



And the winner is...(drum roll please)



Kunati Books

MY publisher!



From ForeWord's site:



ForeWord has named Kunati Books the first Independent Publisher of the Year. The new honor was created to celebrate ForeWord's tenth anniversary and to… Continue

Things I've heard at a signing, dressed professionally and standing behind a table with a banner on the front that reads: "Meet bestselling author Cheryl Kaye Tardif"

(And what I sometimes wish I could say in response...but don't)

*Can you tell me where to find the book: Political Warfare and Toxicology...blah..blah

(because I so obviously look like not only a bookstore employee…

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I was asked this question recently and it really got me thinking about the authors I've been compared to and the authors who have inspired me in the past.

This was my answer:

Since each book I’ve written is different, it’s very interesting to see the variety of writers I am considered most like, but I have to agree with people who have made these comparisons.

For…

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*THIS ARTICLE BY JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG HAS BEEN EXCERPTED. It recently appeared in Jerry D. Simmons' newsletter - TIPS for WRITERS from the PUBLISHING INSIDER. It has been reprinted here with permission from Jerry D. Simmons, http://www.writersreaders.com, and the author.

Borders Group Inc. has decided you can sell a book by its cover.

In a radical move aimed at jump-starting…

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