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Are 3D Book Mockups Worth Your Money?

December 9, 2019 by Fred Johnson Leave a Comment

Are 3D Book Mockups Worth Your Money?

In this, our twenty-first century world, book marketing is rather futuristic. It’s no longer enough, the marketing gurus tell us, to have written a book and to tell people about said book; you need to have a multifaceted marketing campaign set up and ready to go if you want anyone to actually read the thing you spent so long writing. One of the more unusual marketing innovations of recent …

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Authors Need To Know About Aphantasia: Here’s Why

November 20, 2019 by Robert Wood 6 Comments

Authors Need To Know About Aphantasia: Here’s Why

Some writing advice is practical (cut your adverbs), some is theoretical (the structure of a story influences its message), and some is factual (the short-fiction market isn’t what it used to be). Personally, I’ve always found that the best writing advice deals with perception – the ability to understand how someone else will process your art. A hard fact of human nature can be revealed to you, …

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What You Need To Know About Commissioning A Map For Your Book

July 17, 2019 by Robert Wood 2 Comments

What You Need To Know About Commissioning A Map For Your Book

For a certain type of reader, a book that includes a map of its setting is catnip. For these readers, your blurb, your title, and your cover are secondary concerns: the map’s the thing, and you had them as soon as they saw it. For other readers, a map is a nice addition – especially if you use it to improve the narrative experience or, in the case of non-fiction, help the reader understand the …

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