January continues to be....
Scorching.... Bitterly cold.... Heat wave.... Blizzard.... Torrential
rain.... Amazing....
All of the above....
In publishing news this week... A ‘mistake’ on Amazon royalty pages had the Indie publishing world wildly speculating whether there were
moves afoot from the biggest player in the market. When it comes to Amazon, a
sniffle... could mean the Black Death for authors.
While authors nervously await royalty changes Kindle haschanged their publishing guidelines on cover images. Now that Kindle is
unrolling its print option... every move is being analysed by the industry.
Sadly that includes the layoff of over 50 editorial CreateSpace staff this
week.
Author services companies continue to improve and change.
Book Funnel is unrolling a service that will add selling direct from your
website to the impressive list of things they also do for authors. They have also started a nifty blog.
Ingram Spark have started a podcast for indie authors... They
promise 15 minute episodes filled with tips among other new things that they
will be unrolling this year.
Kris Rusch has written the second part of her 2017 year inreview... and its another knockout post. There is lots to think about as you
make your goals for 2018.
I’m always interested in what is coming down the track for
writers in the future that is why I fell on Joanna Penn’s latest podcast with
cries of ... “Really! OMG.” So If you want to know what got a lot of people
thinking about future tech check out Publishing Tech trends for authors 2018.
I was recently asked about imposter syndrome... this can be
a very real problem for authors. Here Chuck talks about it and ways to combat it. (Warnings on language... but that is half the fun of Chuck, images you
can’t forget...)
Have you ever looked at a chain bookseller and wonder how
they can get those deals with publishers that indie bookshops can’t? An Indie bookshop owner has come up with a way to get many Indies to collaborate for bargains. If you know any booksellers... send the link along.
Judith Briles has an interesting post on The Book Designer
about Author inner circles. These are people who are trusted by the author, who
understand the publishing world. How many and who should be in your inner
circle?
Children’s writers in New Zealand are thrilled that one of
our own is shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award... Joy Cowley has
been a huge supporter of children’s writers in New Zealand over the years and
her books are adored the world over. The HCH Award is also known as the Little
Nobel Prize... so we’re all crossing our fingers... (Coming on the heels of
NZ’s highest honour- Joy is having a fantastic year and it’s only half way
through January.
K M Weiland has a great post on Why We Write- Have you ever
stopped to think about it. Katie has four possible reasons why we can’t help
but scribble words down...
In The Craft Section,
How to goose the muse- James Scott Bell- Bookmark
How to write a memoir- Reedsy-Bookmark
How to harness creative momentum- Gabriel Pereira- Bookmark
How to kill book sales with 10 mistakes –Anne R Allen -
Bookmark
Dumb little writing tricks that work- Go Into The Story
In The
Marketing Section,
Preorder strategies- Bookbub – Bookmark
The reason Branding confuses you- Rachel Thompson
Why I’m writing under a new name - Litreactor
The eyes have it- Michael Alvear- A fascinating look at how people view the
Amazon buy page- BOOKMARK
How to get Book reviews without begging. – Dave Chesson-
Bookmark
To Finish,
I’m a sucker for infographics... and K M Weiland has put
together a series of great infographics from all over the place to show
storytelling nuts and bolts... Go on print them out and plaster your office
with them.
Then take this little quiz to see what kind of storyteller you are...
In my monthly newsletter I round up the best of the
bookmarked craft and marketing links as well as some other bits and pieces.
When you subscribe you will also get a nifty book crammed full with marketing
notes. Coffee always welcome. Thanks.
Pic: Flickr Creative Commons/ Bill Ward
No comments:
Post a Comment