Mar 27, 2014 | Publishing
Our house is filled with books – even in the loos, as I’ve mentioned in the past. My wife still reads the traditional, paper-based books while I usually read on my Kindle.A while back, I pointed out to her that perhaps we are running out of space and perhaps...
Mar 27, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs
This Hop is brought to you by Fabulosity Reads Book Tours 8 AUTHORS OVER 4 DAYS GENRES: Romance, Historical Fiction Tour Link: March Book Frenzy FIND FREE AND DEEPLY DISCOUNTED KINDLE COUNT DOWN DEALS ON THE HOP CATALOGUE. GIVEAWAYS Check out the prizes the authors...
Mar 26, 2014 | My Publications, Writing
With an epic series like Pearseus, it can be tough to summarize the multiple themes and PoVs. So, a few days ago, I approached Angela Elliot to take advantage of her experience writing up summaries (find out about more about Angela and her book, The Finish, on...
Mar 26, 2014 | Entertainment, Marketing
I don’t usually spend a lot of time on Facebook; I think that, although I was posting things there, I felt I was probably not doing something right (which is a euphemism for saying that I probably did so many things wrong, that I didn’t realize how wrong I was!) ...
Mar 26, 2014 | Publishing
I read the following fascinating story in Brian Marggraf’s excellent blog. Apparently, a few years ago, Samuel Moffie submitted his book, The Perfect Martini to 100 literary agents. The Perfect Martini, in fact, didn’t exist. What Moffie had done, was to...
Mar 24, 2014 | Publishing, Writing
I love reading in any format, but there seems to be some friction between ebook and traditional book. According to Bookbaby’s latest data: 28% of Americans read at least one eBook last year. Only 4% of readers are eBook-only, so print books still play the...
Mar 24, 2014 | Marketing, Publishing, Writing
The Write Life presented the definitive list of 100 Best Websites for Writers, broken into 11 categories: blogging, business and career, copywriting, creativity and craft, freelancing, literary agents, marketing, publishing, travel writing, writing advice and writing...
Mar 21, 2014 | Random Musings
Today is this blog’s first month anniversary – our anniversary. I say “our”, because when I started, on February 21st, I never expected to have over 1,000 views and almost 100 wonderful followers a short month later. I’m surprised, moved...
Mar 20, 2014 | Marketing, Publishing
Guy Kawasaki, well-known author of APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur – How to Publish a Book, has written a bullet-list article on how to price your book. Bottom line? It depends on the book, so it’s pretty much a case of trial and error for each author....
