2016 Book Marketing Survey Results

6 Common Struggles We All Share

F*ck literary agents

Don’t get me wrong.

Literary agents do serve a purpose as an acting gatekeeper to the publishing world. But the only forward thinking thing about them is their authors. I believe they know this. I also believe it takes authors about eighteen months to…

SaaS: The Next Chapter for Marketplaces

The reality is the book publishing world is broken. The only value — beyond credibility …

Heads You Win; Tails You Learn

What I learned from not winning a Writer’s Digest contest

How much does it cost to get a book illustrated?

You have written your story. The manuscript is ready…

Written Word Media: An Awesome Ad Platform for Authors

One of the questions we get most often at…

il cigno nero delle scritture

Perché l’ebook non è la vera rivoluzione

How To Revise A Novel: Taking Your Manuscript From Scruffy To Spliffy

A week after NaNoWriMo, it is time for you to go back to your novel and ruthlessly revise it. To help you with that, we asked our specialist developmental editor Maria D’Marco to share her top tips on how to…

One Year On

Canelo started one year ago.

The company was founded because we thought digital publishing could be done better…