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BookBub – why bother? For readers and authors

BookBub – why bother? For readers and authors

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“BookBub is a book discovery service that was created to help readers find new books and authors. The company features free and discounted ebooks selected by its editorial team, as well as book recommendations, updates from authors, and articles about books.” (Wikipedia) The company is most well-known in the US but it also does promotions for Canada, the UK, and Australia. It is also a book recommendation site (rather than simply a book review site). This means that you can…

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Warning! Don’t be too independent.

Warning! Don’t be too independent.

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I have just had another phone call with yet another innocent wanna-be author. Another person launching into a new business but being too independent. Jane* (pseudonym) has written a book and wants to get it published but like many first-timers her expectations of having a book published are way out of date. She has romantic notions of a publisher just waiting for her manuscript to drop across their desk. The publishing world has changed Most first-timers do expect that the…

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Writing linked fiction and non-fiction books

Writing linked fiction and non-fiction books

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Christian fiction vs non-fiction My first two books were non-fiction. The second book was about Bible storytelling which I’ve been using since 2004. The more I have seen how people respond to the stories, the more I’ve become convinced of the power of story. It is no real surprise then, that I would eventually write fiction rather than simply non-fiction. Novels allow me to make an impact on many people who will never pick up my non-fiction books. I don’t…

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Box sets – the why and how?

Box sets – the why and how?

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After three years of publishing fiction, I finally have enough novels in a series to make a box set. Yet another new thing to learn in this long journey called ‘self-publishing’. WHY BOTHER? One of the main challenges facing self-published authors is being ‘discovered’. This doesn’t simply mean becoming popular but more importantly, people actually knowing our product exists. One way to increase the likelihood of your book being spotted is to produce the same book in multiple formats. For…

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Publishing expectations: Fantasy vs. reality

Publishing expectations: Fantasy vs. reality

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The new author scenario Book launch day arrives. The new author is beside themselves with excitement, but they probably don’t know that their expectations aren’t realistic. Self-published authors will be able to see their online sales day by day but traditionally published will often have to wait three months to see the first figures. Once the sales start, they hope for reviews (5-star ones, of course), and nowadays we also want to build our newsletter subscribers and often imagine a…

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Audio books – the why and how

Audio books – the why and how

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Audio books … Are a growing business. This format is popular among those who drive long distances and those who love to listen while they do other tasks. For me it has been a challenge to even consider publishing my novels in audio format. I’m an independently published author who never considered running my own business. To find myself needing to learn not only how to write but how to market, run websites and the numerous other components of a…

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Author interviews – written and oral

Author interviews – written and oral

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Interviews, interviews, As both a traditionally and self-published author, I have experienced a range of author interviews throughout my hybrid writing career. Technology is also changing rapidly and that may be one of the factors in how things have changed. My first publisher (traditional) didn’t arrange a single interview. Perhaps that was normal for 2010 and the UK. The US publisher worked hard and even though I wasn’t in the US, they found me two radio interviews there and one…

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Recommended writing resources – Part 1 -books

Recommended writing resources – Part 1 -books

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The need for writing resources Unless you are one of those rare and perhaps non-existent people who can write perfectly without outside help, then this post is for you. My switch from non-fiction to fiction was a massive leap. I felt very alone and really had no idea what I was doing. But I’m a planner, so I planned and then wrote chapter by chapter of a first draft. In some ways the first draft was the easy bit. The…

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A ‘myth’ I believed about being an author

A ‘myth’ I believed about being an author

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What was the ‘myth’ I believed about being an author? That it was a solitary task. In one sense it is – for large stretches of time BUT it is also a huge TEAM effort. Really that shouldn’t have been a surprise for isn’t that how God works? Through community. Over the last four years as I’ve practiced and worked towards producing a novel (very much like childbirth but much longer), God has brought person after person into the process….

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So you want to be published – be careful, there are sharks out there!

So you want to be published – be careful, there are sharks out there!

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So you want to be published. So do many others and that huge demand means that ‘sharks’ gather too. What do I mean by ‘sharks?’ Sharks circle because they know that many new authors are innocent and unprepared and therefore they are easy prey. But before we get to the sharks – let me list the main, legitimate publishing options. 1. Traditional Publisher – large companies Traditional publishers cover the whole range from small publishers who only publish small numbers…

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