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Four steps to create a great cover for your self-published book 26 Jul 2013 | 09:38 pm
Many good self-published books are let down by a poor cover design. How can you avoid this and make yours stand out from the crowd? Anna Lewis offers a four-step solution. At CompletelyNovel we’ve wo...
Are We Nearly There Yet? How Ben Hatch topped the Kindle non-fiction charts thanks to the support of his Twitter followers 11 Jul 2013 | 12:43 am
This article first appeared in issue 2 of Publishing Talk Magazine. After a disastrous launch, Ben Hatch’s book Are We Nearly There Yet? went to number one in the Kindle non-fiction charts. He tells ...
How a digital platform helped re-launch science fiction novel The Red Men 28 Jun 2013 | 04:18 pm
When science fiction novel The Red Men was first written, ebooks and video sharing were futuristic tools. Now, as reality catches up with fiction, author Matthew De Abaitua shares his path to publicat...
Room to Write – Liz Fenwick 14 Jun 2013 | 09:08 pm
This article originally appeared in Publishing Talk Magazine issue 4. Not all romantic novelists dictate their novels reclining on a chaise longue. Liz Fenwick tells us where she writes – and finds in...
Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2013 3 Apr 2013 | 06:17 pm
Did you miss this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair? Never fear – our intrepid Bologna Correspondent Lucy Coats shares all the fun of the Fair. The rights-selling frenzy at Bologna Children’s Book F...
Publishing Talk Magazine issue 4, Mar-Apr 2013 – Romantic Fiction 15 Feb 2013 | 04:31 pm
Romantic fiction authors share their tips in issue 4 – available now in print or digital. Want to know how to blog your way to a bestseller, write sex scenes, pick your way through an agency agreement...
No Time for Print: Why the future of ideas is electronic 12 Feb 2013 | 12:42 am
Ebooks and blogs are changing not only how we read but what we read, says Brian Burton. In today’s time-poor attention economy, social media and ebooks have replaced print as the channel for radical i...
What agents really want 30 Jan 2013 | 07:12 pm
What do agents really want? A unique voice, storytelling ability, likeable characters and believable dialogue, says Danuta Kean. Yesterday I taught my first Guardian Masterclass of the year on how to...
Simon & Schuster Steps Into Self-Publishing 29 Nov 2012 | 05:01 pm
By Leslie Kaufman at nytimes.com: Simon & Schuster is testing the water in the booming self-publishing market. The publishing company announced Tuesday that it was teaming up with Author Solutions, ba...
The Right Time to Write: is writing at #NaNoWriMo speed really a good thing? 28 Nov 2012 | 03:49 pm
Do you have writer’s cramp yet? Or typist’s tremor? Have you entered the annual November writing marathon that is NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)? If you did, did you finish, or did you give ...
