Writing a book can be a very enjoyable, introspective experience. When you write a book, you are truly writing about a very important aspect of your own life. Many of the great literary giants in times past taught the important lesson to “write what you know.” It is quite common for first time authors to put a great deal of themselves into their first book.

Victoria B.C./San Francisco Vancouver Island first time author Dawn McCooey saw her new business book “Keeping Good Employees on board – Employee Retention Strategies to Navigate Through the Economic Storm” rocket to the top slot on Amazon Canada best-selling business books yesterday.

It is every first time author’s dream to achieve this within a few weeks of launching their book so we asked her to share her secret.

There are a number of different types of publishers. New or first-time authors should make themselves familiar with their characteristics before they venture out into the publishing marketplace.

Royalty Publishing – Publishers of this type bear all the costs of publishing a book and bringing it to market.

“A lot of church leaders have a story to tell but don’t know how to get it from brain and heart to paper,” says Warren Bird, co-author of 21 different books, who knows something about telling a story.

“They wonder whether anyone would be interested in reading it.

Tate Publishing announced today the creation of a new service for Tate Publishing authors. The company will create an iPhone application so that users can connect with Tate Publishing authors and buy their books directly from the Tate Publishing bookstore.

The new Tate Publishing application can be used on computers and iPhones and will allow the user to connect directly to the author to learn their motivation behind the creation of their favorite books.