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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• Agents are refusing to submit manuscripts to HarperCollins, in solidarity with striking workers.
• When it comes to marketing, don’t try to do everything. Do a few things well.
• The unlimited, “all you can eat” subscription model works well in publishing — when publishers support it.
• Apple has changed the page turn animation in the Apple Books app, and some people aren’t happy.
• Don’t expect to make a quick buck from your writing. Learn to think in the long term.
• Offering a free first in series is a long-established marketing tactic. But does it still work?
• Social media is not the enemy of publishing. It could be an ally, if publishers will accept it as such.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• A surprisingly insightful comparison between Nickelback and marketing.
• Three ways to improve your book marketing.
• There’s lots of advice out there to avoid prologues. But they aren’t inherently bad.
• Young people in the UK are less likely to buy from Amazon.
• It’s easy to count followers, but it’s not a useful metric.
• Five rules for anyone interested in writing cozy mysteries.
• Seven ways to improve your writing for blog posts, emails, etc.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• Mike Shatzkin on what the ruling against the S&S/PRH merger means for the big publishers.
• Disabled writers are calling for festivals to be hybrid events to improve accessibility.
• The value of proofreading, and how you can do it yourself.
• It’s important not to publish too soon, but you have to stop revising sooner or later.
• Why you shouldn’t use a selfie for your author photo.
• How to predict publishing trends and take advantage of them.
• What’s stopping you writing your novel? And how to get past it.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• Kristine Kathryn Rusch says authors should plan on the assumption that they will be a big success at some point in the future.
• Novel-length books aren’t the only option. It is possible to sell short fiction as an indie author.
• How to write a dedication for your book.
• When writing for marketing purposes (blog posts, emails etc), keep it short and to the point.
• A lawyer on arbitration and the use of arbitration clauses in contracts.
• How to use an email autoresponder to build your email list.
• Struggling to get started with your novel? Kobo Writing Life can help.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• Advice for anyone thinking of doing National Novel Writing Month (#NaNoWriMo)
• Should your ebook be exclusive to Amazon, or would you be better off “going wide“?
• An editor is there to help you improve your book, so don’t take the criticism personally.
• Take this quiz to work out why your book isn’t selling.
• Everything you need to know about pen names.
• What to do if Amazon shuts down your KDP account.
• Worried about writing your first book? The Fussy Librarian can help.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• Penguin Random House and TikTok have announced a BookTok collaboration. But not everyone is happy.
• There are over five billion people online. You can sell your books to all of them, if you think globally.
• How to write an email newsletter that builds lasting relationships
• Should you always make the changes your editor suggests?
• Multi-author anthologies and box sets can be a useful marketing tool, but exercise caution when joining one.
• What authors need to know about cover design.
• Should you use footnotes or endnotes?

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• IBPA and Alliance of Independent Authors are hosting a webinar on self-publishing best practices.
• Waterstones in the UK are being affected by warehousing issues.
• Scammers are now impersonating streaming TV services.
• Feeling overwhelmed? Alliance of Independent Authors has you covered.
• Help for posting your content on LinkedIn.
• Why you should compare your work to that of other authors.
• How to work out what to blog about.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• 13 ways to improve your writing in blog posts and email newsletters.
• Social media isn’t the only way to promote your book. There are other options.
• In book shops, bestseller status isn’t necessarily based on sales.
• How to choose a good self-publishing company.
• How to get out of a reading slump.
• Magazines and newspapers are increasingly moving to digital-only, and reaping the benefit of increased back issue sales.
• To increase tension in your book, get the reader asking questions.

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• Barnes & Noble‘s alleged new policy makes it harder to get your book on their shelves.
• We don’t know how big the ebook market really is. But it’s much bigger than the latest APA figures suggest.
• How indie authors can use subscription platforms like Patreon.
• Books on the NY Times bestseller list are getting shorter. What does that mean to you?
• How to write a plot twist that is believable but still unexpected.
• It’s just a story. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that your novel is important.
• You’re not in competition with other authors. Or, as Kristine Kathryn Rusch puts it, “We’re in this together with the writers who write what we write, the readers who love what we love.”

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Every week, we post a curated list of links that authors should find useful or interesting. Here are this week’s links:

• Several free (and one paid) ways to market your book on Amazon.
• Pearson is hoping to use NFTs to make money on sales of second-hand digital text books.
• Draft2Digital are partnering with Humble Bundle to create marketing opportunities for their authors.
• How to find the right editor for your book.
• LinkedIn can be very important for non-fiction writers. Here’s how to stand out from the crowd.
• Don’t worry about “fitting in”. Concentrate on being the authentic you, because there is no-one else like you.
• How to write about a location in fiction.

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