May We Suggest a Blog Tour?
A recent New York Times article reported that there were more than 300,000 self-published titles—in either print or digital form—released in 2011. 300,000! The article was about a hustler smart...
View Article8 Tips for Getting a Bookstore to Stock Your Book
Isn’t it every author’s dream to walk into a bookstore and see your book displayed prominently and faced-out—maybe even with a hand-written shelf talker on which an EXCITED bookseller has peppered the...
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Simple and True: Talking with Poet Phil Pochurek
Phil Pochurek has been writing poetry for more than 45 years. The Life We Choose is his first book and was recently published by Luminare Press. Pochurek grew up in Corvallis at the end of the baby...
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Bookmarked: Good Reading, Glad Tidings
There’s such an avalanche of reading material available on the Web—so much of it good and so much of it bad, we sometimes avoid it altogether, not wanting to waste precious time sorting out what’s...
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So You Want to Make a Book . . .
There’s something particularly appealing about the Espresso Book Machine. Described sometimes as an ATM for books, it’s a relatively new gadget that collates, trims and binds your book while you watch...
View ArticleBookmarked: Marketing
It turns out that, unlike the field of dreams, if you build it, they are not going to come. Self-published authors have discovered this sad fact when, after the exhausting work of finishing a book and...
View ArticleTen Essential Steps Between Finished Manuscript and Published Book
Want to know more about self-publishing? Patricia Marshall, owner of Luminare Press, will be speaking Tuesday night to the Northwest Writers and Publishers Association about what you need to do to take...
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NW Book Festival this weekend!
Luminare Press will be at the NW Book Festival at Pioneer Square in Portland this weekend, booth number 5. Luminare Press owner Patricia Marshall will present a brief informational session about...
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It’s time for Wordstock!
If you’re a book lover near Portland, Oregon, the place to be this weekend is the Wordstock Festival. Luminare Press will be there at booth 1103 (along with Wordcrafters in Eugene, who will hosting the...
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Brr – It’s Cold!
Minus 8 degrees here in the temperate Willamette Valley. Makes us want to do nothing but curl up and read. So, for your consideration: Three new books from Luminare Press, and a list of the ten best...
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