A few weeks ago, an email arrived in my inbox from Sundar Rajan, a thoughtful writer I have been consulting with on his book Tesla = Dhyāna: Self-Driving to the Self. While many of you have written to...

Being an entrepreneur, I’ve discovered, is truly akin to being a chef. I’m constantly throwing spaghetti at the proverbial wall to see what sticks.

Ever since launching Your Bestselling Book, clients...

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Last Wednesday, I had the immense honor of delivering the commencement address to the inaugural graduating senior class...

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Last week, I had the great joy of sitting down on The Story Cure podcast with two extraordinary women. Dr. Louise Stange...

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Spotify recently announced that it has partnered with Bookshop.org to sell physical books directly through its app. 

I ...

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The New York Times published a quiz that has been making the rounds in writing circles, and if you haven't taken it yet, ...

Many authors assume Amazon is the beginning and the end of the publishing conversation. And for good reason: It’s where approximately 85% of books are sold. Plus if you sign up for Kindle Unlimited, g...

I've warned you before about bad actors in the publishing world. I told you the story of my friend Carl, who paid a ghostwriter $10,000 only to be, well, ghosted. YBB friend Shawnee Delaney wrote a gu...

Often, when I’m interviewing potential book coaching clients, they’ll say something along the lines of, “Is it even worth it? What if only 10 people read my book?”

“Well,” I reply. “First of all, if ...

With social media and short-form content overloading our attention spans, the way readers consume books has fundamentally shifted. While the market for traditional books has seen a steady decline over...

I was delighted to read an article in The Wall Street Journal recently titled Companies Are Desperately Seeking 'Storytellers.

According to the reporter, the percentage of LinkedIn job postings that ...