catebaum

About Cate Baum

This author has not yet filled in any details.
So far Cate Baum has created 396 blog entries.

What To Do When Your Book Is Pirated Online – 5 Easy Steps

Every author should read this article!

Pirating is a massive issue right now and one that all authors should be aware of. Like movies, as soon as your book is made publicly available you are facing someone making it into a FREE PDF and sticking it on one of the many download systems available, with thousands of readers downloading your content. Here’s what to do, following the example I have here for my husband Henry Baum’s book, “Oscar Caliber Gun” – out now for its 25th Anniversary!

1. Check your book title for piracy on Google

Search for […]

2016-06-12T11:17:59+02:00June 11th, 2016|Categories: Features|Tags: |

The CSR Way to Add Value and Increase Your Profits Compiled by Kalpana S. Murari

CSRCSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) is a tricky subject – what do corporations have to do to leverage social responsibility? How can a company act responsibly without affecting profits? This compilation of materials used for the study of sustainability for issues such as carbon emissions and climate concerns has been compiled by Murari from various sources to assist those looking for a more compact study guide. Murari took a Masters at Lewis and Clark College, and states that this book is inspired by text books from that course, although the exact course or Murari’s own expertise in the subject is not […]

2016-06-07T10:23:20+02:00June 7th, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |

Eternal Heat (The Firework Girls Book 3) by J.L. White

Eternal Heat (Fireworks Girls Book 3) by J.L. WhiteWhen Ashley met Erik Williams in her senior year of high school, they formed a bond through a love of playing music together, despite their disparate family backgrounds – but Erik’s family were not looking to accept Ashley’s lowly upbringing anytime soon.

Erik was Ashley’s one true love, and now he’s turned up years later at Hartman Graduate School. He’s her most fierce competitor when it comes to the piano, and may get to play at Lincoln Center in a concert of a lifetime. While they compete side by side for the gig of their dreams, Erik competes for Ashley’s […]

2016-07-14T11:28:55+02:00June 7th, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Constant Pull: Book One: It Starts by Avery Kirk

Constant PullAmelia “Mel” Harper is a young woman in her twenties who works as a carpenter. She lives with her grandfather after losing her parents in an accident, an accident that brought her friends to her – Dave, a neighbor with Down Syndrome, and the firefighter, Kevin, who was involved in trying to save her parents. He’s engaged to be married, but not happily. When she starts receiving messages on scraps of paper from a mysterious man, and her dreams start becoming incredibly vivid, a perplexing trip for two she did not book pulls her to confront the signs she is […]

2016-06-06T06:18:10+02:00June 6th, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |

How A Professional Reviewer Reviews Your Book

Professional ReviewerAt SPR we’ve been reviewing books for nearly a decade. Here, we talk about how we review a book, and answer some of the most burning questions authors have.

Book Policy

When a book comes in for review, the first thing we check is that it meets our book policy. We do this by reading the synopsis and then scanning it for keywords that might flag up any issues against our guidelines. Since 2013, we have rejected books that titillate using triggers, such as harsh violence, hate crimes, religious or political hate, or child abuse outside of a survivor account.  […]

2019-02-03T09:31:36+02:00June 2nd, 2016|Categories: Features|Tags: , |

How To Build A Perfect Amazon Book Page

Once you have taken the plunge with Amazon KDP and opened your account, the front end (what the customer sees) is going to be incredibly important to sales. In this article, we go into the look and feel of your Book Page and what some of the sections are and how to maximize their potential selling power.

Book Description

  • The book synopsis on Amazon KDP is basically the product description field for any other product on Amazon
  • It should be less than 4000 characters long by Amazon specification, and should describe succinctly the product. If you think about that, we
[…]
2019-02-03T09:34:34+02:00May 27th, 2016|Categories: Features|Tags: , |

A Conversation With EAC Past President and Publaunch Founder Greg Ioannou

Greg IoannouGreg Ioannou is the past president of The Editors’ Association of Canada, and has been editing books for almost 40 years. He’s also president of Iguana Books, a hybrid publishing company in Toronto. Cate Baum talks editing, eggcorns, English, and about Greg’s new crowdfunding platform for authors, Publaunch.com.

What’s your background in editing?
I’ve been a freelance editor since 1977. I’ve worked on books, magazines, government and corporate documents, board games … pretty much anything that’s editable.

Tell us about The EAC.
The Editors’ Association of Canada held its first formative meeting in 1978, and started up […]

2016-05-27T02:06:45+02:00May 25th, 2016|Categories: Interviews|Tags: |

Mythbusting The Amazon Algorithm Part II: Amazon Lists, Products, and Sales

There has been a fair outrage from certain authors and bloggers who claim that my last piece about the Amazon Algorithm did not consider the way lists (often referred to by the author community as “poplists” although this is not an Amazon term) work. There has also been some whispering about BookBub’s sales being left out of Amazon results, and a high misunderstanding perpetuated by crowd mentality and myth online.

I called myself a “search expert” in the last post.  Clarification: my entire adult working life has been spent in publishing, marketing, and search for multinational banks, automobiles, telecommunications […]

Go to Top