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Selling your books on iBooks is a relatively new, incredibly exciting option for authors. Instead of dealing with distributors or aggregators, you can get right to business, publishing your new work with just a few clicks and engaging directly with your potential customers. There is the added benefit of not having to pay up to 10% of the list price for someone to distribute your book for …
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The first step is always the hardest and when it comes to writing, that step can seem insurmountable. Getting the first draft of your story on paper is the single hardest part of writing a novel and the hurdle at which most people fall. For every person who’s nurturing a manuscript they can’t quite get right, there are hundreds who can’t even bring themselves to start. But, is it possible that …
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I suppose you could argue that these minor grammar transgressions are the sorts of things that ought to be identified and ironed out by us strait-laced editors. In some ways, yes—we all make mistakes and a second pair of eyes will pick up something the first pair of eyes will not. But it’s when some of the minor transgressions listed below become repeated offenses that us editors really start …
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Young Adult books are written for a readership aged 12-18, but there’s a certain magic to it that invites devotion from readers of all ages. YA fiction leads to movies that dominate the box office and is reviewed alongside the newest crime and thriller novels. Is it strange that books grouped solely by their readership’s adolescence have such a wide appeal amongst adults? The answer to that …
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Social media provides a unique form of author/reader interaction, with sites like Facebook, Google+, Pinterest and Twitter allowing fans to express their tastes in a way that genuinely connects them to the authors they love. Followers on social media sites combine fan support with an expectation of content so it’s not enough to get someone to follow you online, you need to know how to keep them …
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You have a story to tell. Not just any story. Your story. An episode of your own life interesting enough to be captured in writing. Naturally, it’s important to you, but how do you make your memoir compelling to your readers? Well, the good news is you don’t need to be a rock star or an astronaut to have a story that people will want to read. I’m sure you have chatted to a complete stranger at …
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