Category: News (Page 2 of 22)

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

• A romance author faked her own death.
• How to rebuild a writing habit.
• Why the “disabled villain” trope is problematic.
• When people tell you that readers have lost interest in ebooks, remember that library patrons borrowed 130 million ebooks from Overdrive in 2022.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on Kickstarter, selling direct, and fan patronage of authors.

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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:

• Jim Connolly has advice on how to make sure your recipients read your marketing emails.
• Mark Williams says that digital could revolutionise publishing in the Arab world.
• A look at what made The Da Vinci Code a bestseller.
• Marketing doesn’t have to be expensive or time-consuming.
• Being an author isn’t a typical job, and the pay works very differently. This makes meaningful comparisons very difficult, if not impossible.
• The Alliance of Independent Authors has created a set of guidelines for authors interested in AI, covering both practical and ethical issues.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on social media marketing, and why you should have an email list.

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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:

• In fiction, believability is more important than realism.
• The Alliance of Independent Authors‘ best marketing advice from 2022.
• To sell more books, get into a bookseller’s mindset.
• Mark Williams says Penguin Random House did well despite Markus Dohle being in command, not because of him.
• To succeed at marketing (or anything else), you need the right attitude.
• It’s important to keep your WordPress plugins updated.
• Don’t let your book get lost in the tsunami of new books.

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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:

• Draft2Digital authors can now sell their books on the Smashwords store.
• Rakuten Kobo have released a report on reading habits in the past year.
• Some possible ways to get out of a scam publishing contract.
• A debut author shared her discouraging experience at a book signing, to find out that it’s more common than she thought.
• We all make mistakes. MailerLite have advice for handling mistakes in marketing emails.
• Mediocre books with good marketing will sell more than good books with mediocre marketing.

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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:

• The future role of books at Amazon is uncertain.
• The sale of Simon and Schuster to Penguin Random House has been cancelled.
• If you don’t feel like writing, lie to yourself about what you’re going to do.
• The copyright fights over Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
• As an author, you have a brand, whether you know it or not. Make sure it’s the right brand.
• How to get back to writing if you’ve had a break.

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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:

• Why you should adopt a servant authorship mindset.
• Some things to avoid in your non-fiction writing.
• A good email autoresponder is an excellent marketing tool.
• It can be difficult to get reviews for your book.
• There are multiple ways to publish as an indie. Which one fits you best?
• How Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection affects email marketing, and how to adapt.
• Video: The Global 50 CEO Talk 2022 at Frankfurt Book Fair explored the book business beyond traditional publishers.

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