Author Archives: Joel D Canfield
Book Quality Sanity Checklist
Authors need reassurance, just like everyone. Wouldn't it be nice to have a handy dandy checklist to tell you if your book was any good? Okay, I don't have one. But what about a list of the quality checkpoints of … Continue reading
Your Effortless Business: Get Yours Today!
Your Effortless Business, written by Frances Schagen and published by Little Purple Books (an imprint of Someday Box) is available on Amazon.com. H'ray, Frances! Kindle and Nook versions will be available within a week. From the back cover: Your Effortless … Continue reading
The Luck Factor
Another review at Actionable Books: The Luck Factor by Dr. Richard Wiseman. If you believe luck is a mysterious force of the universe, you'll find my summary interesting. If you've always believed that luck was something you make, not something … Continue reading
Why business people speak like idiots
My review of Why business people speak like idiots by Brian Fugere, Chelsea Hardaway, and Jon Warshawsky is live at Actionable Books. Go. Read. Comment. And ponder the fact that I can help you speak like a non-idiot when we … Continue reading
Why I Do This
A friend let it slip that she, at some point, had wanted to write a book. After I wormed more details out of her it turns out she has wanted to write a book for years, but as she said, … Continue reading
Why James Altucher Won't Go Back to Traditional Publishing Even Though He Could
You won't be surprised to discover that I'm a fan of independent publishing. Some folks might be surprised to discover that James Altucher is, too, because his first 5 books were published traditionally.
Publishing Progress: Your Effortless Business & You Don't Want a Job
Responses have started coming in from my survey of friends who are self-employed. They're sharing their personal stories for my book You Don't Want a Job, to be released on February 29th.
Traditional Publishing: Keepers of the Quality?
Another of my least favorite arguments proffered by supporters of traditional publishing: Have you seen all the junk that comes out of vanity press? Traditional publishing avoids that. No, it doesn't.
Traditional Publishing's Attitude Toward Authors
Another quote from a supporter of traditional publishing: they refer to "the paid affiliates of C[reate]S[pace], iUniverse etc...who prey upon the uninformed, delusional, first-time author"
Double Book Release: Leap on Leap Day
Sucker for a flash gimmick, that's me. I'm working on another Little Purple Book, You Don't Want a Job. At the same time, I'm working with the first new LPB author Frances Schagen on her own book Your Effortless Business.
