How to Take a Professional Author Photo in 5 Easy Steps

How to Take a Professional Author Photo in 5 Easy Steps

Your author photo is more than just a picture—it's a story you tell through the lens. FriesenPress Publishing Specialist Lindsay Woollard shares a few tried-and-true tips to help you take a professional author photo that perfectly complements your book.

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5 Publishing Services Every Author Needs in 2024

5 Publishing Services Every Author Needs in 2024

Ready to publish your book in 2024? You’ll want the right tools to do it. From expert editing to strategic promotion, we’ve outlined the 5 publishing services every author needs to thrive in today's dynamic publishing landscape.

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FriesenPress Book Reviews: Summer and Fall 2023

FriesenPress Book Reviews: Summer and Fall 2023

These past summer and fall seasons were filled with stellar FriesenPress book reviews that showcase the talent and creativity of our authors. From a retired Olympic alpine skier’s memoir to the vivid language of a captivating poetry collection, here are 14 new titles that recently earned critical acclaim in this edition of the FriesenPress Book Review Highlights!

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The Changing Retail Landscape: A Guide for Print-on-Demand Authors

The Changing Retail Landscape: A Guide for Print-on-Demand Authors

If you want your books to be listed on virtual and physical store shelves, it’s not quite as simple as hitting ‘publish’. In our new guide for print-on-demand authors, we detail how to navigate the ever-changing book retail landscape.

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FriesenPress Author Spotlight Collection: Volume 2

FriesenPress Author Spotlight Collection: Volume 2

FriesenPress authors’ books can take them to some amazing places. In the FriesenPress Author Spotlight, we pass the mic to our authors to celebrate their experiences in their own words. Here’s a compilation of three authors we recently featured for their extraordinary stories.

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FriesenPress Book Reviews: Spring 2023 Highlights

FriesenPress Book Reviews: Spring 2023 Highlights

This spring was filled with a wide variety of new high quality books from impactful children’s books about mental health to riveting espionage novels, and so much more. Here are 10 titles that recently earned critical acclaim for our latest edition of the FriesenPress Book Review Highlights!

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FriesenPress Author Spotlight Collection: Volume 1

FriesenPress Author Spotlight Collection: Volume 1

FriesenPress authors’ books can take them to some amazing places. In the FriesenPress Author Spotlight, we pass the mic to our authors to celebrate their experiences in their own words. Here’s a compilation of three authors we recently featured for their extraordinary stories.

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FriesenPress Book Reviews: Winter 2023 Highlights

FriesenPress Book Reviews: Winter 2023 Highlights

This winter was filled with a fantastic variety of new high quality books from exciting fantasy novels to thought-provoking business guides, and so much more. Here are 10 titles that recently earned critical acclaim for our latest edition of the FriesenPress Book Review Highlights!

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Dr. Sue Johnson’s Edgar and Elouise: How a Crow & Fox Helped a Bestselling Author Go Indie

Dr. Sue Johnson’s Edgar and Elouise: How a Crow & Fox Helped a Bestselling Author Go Indie

Dr. Sue Johnson is many things: a New York Times bestselling author, a renowned clinical psychologist, and (after partnering with FriesenPress) a new children’s book author. We spoke with Dr. Johnson to learn more about her empowering decision to self-publish Edgar & Elouise, the unexpected power of saying “no”, and so much more.

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What is Print on Demand? And How Does It Work?

What is Print on Demand? And How Does It Work?

If you’re a self-published author, you’ve probably heard the term “POD”. But what is print on demand? How does print on demand work? And what are the best ways to leverage it to your advantage? We answer these questions and more as we explore this popular publishing model.

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