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Notes from the editor's desk! Book launches and events! Author insights! Marketing tips! You'll find all that and more here at the Orange Hat blog. 

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You never know what will happen when selling your book at a farmer's market! In this guest post, Jean Huxtable-Hamersky shares thoughts about running a successful vendor table at a farmer's market, where you never know who you might meet and what might happen to your sales! Read the full post for an exciting ending!

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Three Things to Remember When Publishing a Memoir

In this guest author post, memoirist Amy Sazama, author of Fleetwood Dreams, reflects on her own writing, publishing, and promoting…

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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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