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What Percentage of Publisher Compensation Goes to Authors?
Big news! In time for our March royalty payments, I have completed our new royalty calculation tool. It’s all coded…
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Amazing Things Can Happen When Selling Your Books!
In this guest author post, author Jean Huxtable-Hamersky shares her experiences selling her book Parker’s Pumpkin at farmer’s markets and…
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Announcing Our New Office Space!
Orange Hat Publishing has new office space for work and meetings! You can find us at 11803 W North Ave,…
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Understanding Wholesale Discounts
One choice authors need to consider when publishing a book through Orange Hat is the wholesale discount they want to…
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From the Archives: Call Your Work a Draft to Accept Criticism More Easily
If you call your work a draft, then you come to expect feedback and are more ready to make edits.
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Middle Grade Magic
In this guest post, author Laura Anne Bird (Crossing the Pressure Line and Marvelous Jackson) shares what she loves most…
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On Writing Slim, A Technique for Productive Writing
All credit to author Colleen Behnke for the term “writing slim.” She mentioned it to me as we discussed working…
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How Well Do Ebooks Sell?
It’s royalty time here at Orange Hat Publishing! We have a new system that I’ve built for handling all the…
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Tailspin, Unexpected Success, and What’s Next
In this post, guest author John Armbruster reflects on publishing Ten16’s bestseller Tailspin. My book Tailspin came out in April…
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