The Creative Penn has a great interview with Author Iain Broome of Write for Your Life, in which they discuss his forthcoming book A is for Angelica, self-publishing, the writing process, and why blogging is important for writers. You are selling yourself as well as your work. You need to stand out so anything you [...] Read more »
Self Publishing: Warts And All
Best selling fantasy author Diane Duane recently came clean on delays to her online third novel in the Feline Wizards series. She finally finished it, but it took a while due to health and other issues. Cory Doctorow recently posted on the delay at Boing Boing, saying that as self publishing becomes more prevalent, more [...] Read more »
Amazon Kindle Adds Page Numbers And Social Media In Update
Have a Kindle and want to share notes with friends? Maybe you’d like to tell everyone what you thought of the book? That’s just two of the new features Amazon is rolling out in its latest firmware update for its Kindle reader. Another new feature, and one that’s long overdue say some readers, is the [...] Read more »
The Publisher Always Wins In E-Book Deals
The Author’s Guild has a story about how publishers are getting more while authors are getting less in e-book sales. This is thanks to the standard 25% rate that authors get. The article argues that publishers are more motivated to sell e-books than paper books because it means they’ll have to pay out less to [...] Read more »
Author Turns Down Publishing Deal Over E-Book Royalties
More evidence that traditional publishing is going to be dragged kicking and screaming into the digital revolution. Author Terrill Lee Lankford rejected a book deal with a publisher over the digital rights of one of his past books, because the deal would have meant he’d get only 25% of e-book royalties from the book, rather [...] Read more »
Publishers See Teen E-Book Reading Skyrocket
Who said kids don’t read anymore? Publishers are taking notice of teen and child readers as more of them are getting e-readers and child and teen titles are now increasing in sales, making up 20 percent of all e-book sales so far this year, compared to six percent last year. “We had an instant reaction [...] Read more »
Author Paves Own Road To Success
When it comes to writing success, more authors are finding an audience when they’re willing to go out and build one. That’s what Craig Lancaster, a journalist and author with two books, is doing. Lancaster’s first book, 600 Days of Edward, was borne from the NaNoWriMo challenge, after a motorcycle accident injury. “I’m really very [...] Read more »
Publishing Predictions For 2011
Novel Journey has some interesting predictions for the publishing industry this year from Chip MacGregor, president of MacGregor Literary. The predictions offer a great glimpse not only ahead, but where we are now, and what writers and publishers should do to better position themselves. Eighth, your platform and participation in marketing will be more important [...] Read more »
The Secret To Awesome Book Cover Designs
Ever wonder what goes into book cover designs? While many books look painfully similar these days (especially in the teen vampire genre!), there are always those which stand out. The ones you look at and think, I have to see what this book is about! Well, just like any other art, the secret to great [...] Read more »
Self Publishing Tips On How To Use Amazon
Marketing Tips for Authors recently posted a thorough list of tips on how writers can use Amazon.com to better market their books. The tips, which come from Roger C. Parker at Published and Profitable, can give you an edge when it comes to getting your book noticed above the thousands of others in your genre. [...] Read more »
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