Daylight saving happened this week. We put the clocks
forward by an hour. ‘So is this why your blog is early?’ I hear you ask.... I
am traveling so you get an extra day to enjoy this roundup.
Bob Mayer was musing this week that publishing has become
same old same old. This is an interesting blog post from Bob. Indie publishing has seen a dip in sales. What can you do about it?
Bookworks has an interesting interview with a family that
decided to publish books. Each member works on a different genre. So they set
up a publishing company...
Writer Unboxed has a great post on knowing when to walk away from a publishing deal. This is always a hard decision. Read the comments. It does open up the discussion.
Joanna Penn has a great interview with Toby Neal on keeping
a series fresh and price points. This is well worth a read/listen!
Kristine Rusch has finished her excellent Deal Breakers
Series and is taking some time to look around at the publishing business now.
She talks about the positive changes from Draft 2 Digital and other distribution services.
Nate Hoffelder doesn’t think the UK Society of Authors is
going far enough with their request for the UK to adopt an EU directive that would protect authors from a take-it-or- leave-it contract. When you read the examples your heart
does sink a little.
Publishing Perspectives has an interesting interview with
Merilyn Simons former head of the Canadian Writers Union on the changing state of publishing in Canada. She looks into the future - to survive
Traditional published and Indie published writers might have to merge.
As we move into October... which gets us closer to
November... NaNoWriMo is just around the corner. October is traditionally NaNoPrepMo.
Janice Hardy has a great post on 5 ways to make the most of October planning.
In The Craft Section,
20 Book Title hacks for any Genre- C S Lakin-Bookmark
First Drafts- Ruth Harris- Bookmark
Self editing tips- Joanna Penn
Scenes vs Chapters- K M Weiland- Bookmark
Thinking like a writer- Darcy Pattison
Keeping your readers hooked- Elizabeth Spann Craig
Pro and Cons of referencing the real world- Jami
Gold-Bookmark
In The Marketing Section,
Rocking an author festival- Bookmark
Preparing for a cover design meeting- Elisabeth Spann Craig-
Bookmark
10 things authors need to stop doing on Social Media-
Digital Book World
Email Auto Responders Part 2- Jane Friedman
10 tips for book marketing- Bookmachine- Bookmark
Curing ugly sample syndrome- Bookbusiness
To Finish,
Nothing beats a great podcast. You can listen while you do
other things... Today while preparing dinner I was listening to the Author Biz podcast with guest Stephanie J Pajonas.
It was so interesting I was in danger of burning dinner.
Stephanie talked about how she uses auto responder to engage with her email
list. How she grows her email list and using Instafreebie.... It was a riveting
show.
Maureen
@craicer
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