Chris O'Brien

Self-publishing is more of a threat to literary agents than traditional publishers

How self-publishing impacts traditional publishers but even more impacts the world of literary agents

Saturday, March 4th Point guard Finn "Floor Burns" Slater never brings it less than 110 percent. And on Saturday night, that intensity...

It was what they call a "bang-bang" play. Jacoby Carmichael, the heart and soul of these scrappy Sheboygan Wildcats, drove to the basket...

By: Chris O'Brien This is a historical look back at the 14-year streak of Big 12 conference titles. The format bounces back and forth...

By: Chris O'Brien I glanced at my older brother’s phone, and it looked like he was reading from a large print Reader’s Digest. Everything...

By: Chris O'Brien Let’s say money is not an issue. And you could move anywhere in the country. Anywhere in the world. You could wake up...

By: Chris O'Brien For Mombo and Poppo Two lovebirds who met at the University of Kansas all those years ago and created one big family of...

In 2017, there were one million new self-published books. Most of which were published on Amazon. But let's imagine for a second that...

Book publishing hit a major milestone in 2017. It was the first time that 1 million new titles were self-published in a calendar year....

I love the exclamation point. When you see a “!” it even looks like it’s yelling at you. Just like the period says, “We’re done here,”...

If you're not careful, Chicago has a way of shrinking. Especially as it gets colder outside. In the summertime, you're happy to bounce...

Italy has pasta. India has chicken tikka masala. France makes claim to just about everything. One of the fastest ways to establish...

Growing up in the ‘90s, every home in America had at least one Master Cup. The Master Cup stood anywhere from one to two feet tall and...

When you open up a book and see a logo for Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette Livre, Harper Collins, or Macmillan, these...

Have you ever run into someone right after a vacation who didn’t realize you had ever left? This happened to me the other day. I ran into...