Category: News (Page 6 of 22)

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

• Amazon is closing all of its brick & mortar book shops and some of its other physical stores.
• Alliance of Independent Authors is running a ten-word story competition as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations. Prizes include @Kobo ereaders and a publishing package.
• Keep your social media profiles up to date.
• How to improve the performance of your Facebook ads.
• How to use BookBub ads to market your book.
• What is a sensitivity reader, and do you need one?
• Why brands (and authors) lose Instagram followers.

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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:

• Waterstones has bought the UK bookshop chain Blackwell’s
• Your romance novel should start with story, not backstory
• How to write a better subtitle
• Hashtags are your friends – make the most of them
• If you publish a book, you’ll get horrible reviews. If you can’t cope with that reality, don’t publish.
• In marketing, small things can have a big impact.
• J.F. Penn rewrote her first novel after acquiring over ten years of experience. Here’s what she learned.

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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:

• Metadata isn’t nearly as complex as it sounds. But it is very important.
• Be careful when using creative commons-licensed images and other materials.
• Free and inexpensive ways to use BookBub to market your books.
• Why publishers don’t do anything to prevent plagiarism.
• You don’t have to write to the latest trend.
• It seems like there are new publishing scams every day. Here’s how to avoid them.

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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 long term book marketing.
• Why you should talk to, and engage with, your readers.
• Some advice for writing better descriptions.
• The importance of diversity in self-publishing.
• If you’re writing a slow-burn romance, take care to ensure that the pace isn’t too slow.
• How to use Instagram as an author.

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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 giant in the self-publishing sphere, Draft2Digital, is acquiring another giant, Smashwords.
• This commentary about the terms of a recent Wattpad competition highlights issues to watch for in any competition’s T&Cs.
• If you write nonfiction, know your niche and embrace it.
• UK bookshop chain Blackwell’s is to be sold.
• Will NFTs survive the oncoming legal storm?
• Read widely, not just the genre you write in.
• Here are some ways to make better use of social media as an author.

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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:

• Make sure you get the right editor for you and your book.
• Every author dreams of their book being turned into a film. But what sort of book translates well to screen?
• The US copyright office has some excellent materials for any author wanting to understand copyright.
• How to get publicity for your book (and why publicity isn’t the same as marketing).
• Rules for book advertising.
• Many of us love libraries. Here’s how to get your book into them.
• Advice for writing with a co-author.

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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:

• “Best seller” charts don’t necessarily reflect sales.
• Make the most of your existing contacts for help with book marketing.
• Five questions to ask yourself so that you can work out your author brand.
• The power of “Re” for authors – renew, refresh, re-imagine!
• Things to consider when planning a book series.
• Is writer’s block really a thing? And if it is, what exactly is it?
• A guide to getting your rights back for an already-published book.

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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:

• Amazon UK was due to stop accepting Visa credit cards on the 19th, but for now at least, they will continue to take Visa payments.
• When a group bought a copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune, they apparently thought they’d bought the rights to the content.
• Lots of tips and ideas for ways to get the mass media to notice you.
• Useful tips for anyone writing a domestic thriller.
• How to avoid distraction and get on with writing.
• Conflict is important in a story, but only if it’s relevant.
• Make sure you finish the book that you’re writing.

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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:

• What do readers want in 2022?
• NFC tags offer intriguing possibilities for in-person marketing.
• How to write better dialogue.
• Don’t fall into the trap of over-describing daily routines.
• Self doubt is natural, but don’t let it paralyse you.
• Advice for sci-fi authors around worldbuilding and the difference between hard and soft sci-fi.
• Getting back to writing after a major setback.

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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:

• Copyright shenanigans: RCA/Sony Music released a 17-track Lou Reed album, then withdrew it a few days later, to extend the copyright.
• Publishing trends to expect in 2022.
• Copyright stories to watch this year.
• How to set up a custom error page on your WordPress website.
• How and why to use GIFs in your emails.
• Improve your sleep. It will help your creativity.
• Read this if you’re thinking of asking someone to read your writing and tell you what to do.

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