Authors – become a success through building an ‘internet platform’!”. For almost five years we’ve been subjected to the same message. At the London College of Communication’s iGeneration conference this year, I heard that social media was now the only…
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The short story is an increasingly popular literary form in today’s market. But when short story writers find themselves surrounded by stacks of individual short stories, they might wonder, “Should I publish my stories as a collection?” While there’s no…
Indie Book Reviews Available Now in Kirkus UP, BACK, AND AWAY A teenage boy gets a firsthand history lesson when he takes an adventurous trip to pre–World War I England in Velk’s first sci-fi novel. Miles McTavish is a 15-year-old…
AuthorHouse Authors in the Spotlight features MM Silva, whose debut novel was awarded a coveted Blue Star from Kirkus Reviews Do you know what a viatical insurance policy is? Most of us would just shrug our shoulders at the term.…
We Got Power co-editor Jordan Schwartz stands in front of a realtor’s office against a stark white background on the cover of this new coffee table book. He’s junkie-thin, teenaged, pimpled, brace-faced, Jew-fro’d, and flanked by his battered skateboard. In…
Book Launches On Social Media A good rule of thumb is to assume that your basic method of contacting the world is going to be social media. This means weeks before you start talking about the launch, you need to…
See on Scoop.it – BookMarketing Shannon Okey is the author of more than a dozen knitting books, including The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design, a business-focused book that isn’t just for knitwear designers! She is the former editor of…
Since it was founded in May 2004 by Mark Smith and Wayne Davis, Quercus Publishing has become one of the largest independent book publishers in the U.K., and as the next step in its growth, the company has aggressive plans…
Creating an eBook is a great way to reach an even larger audience. However, it’s important to do it right, or you risk turning off potential readers. I asked Joel Friedlander, an award-winning book designer and the author of A…
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