NaNoWriMo has finished and editors are bracing for the
onslaught of manuscripts. December is Editing Month... or it should be. There
are always ‘authors’ who just skip that process and upload their manuscripts
straight onto the Amazon platform. And then there are some truly sharp
operators out there who have an elaborate plan to defraud the reading and
writing public.
What is the hottest genre to read right now? Let’s go and create a persona and upload some books...(that we found on the internet.) AND MAKE $$$$$$. (CMOT Dibbler)*
What is the hottest genre to read right now? Let’s go and create a persona and upload some books...(that we found on the internet.) AND MAKE $$$$$$. (CMOT Dibbler)*
In case you missed it, this is the plagiarizing author…”her” photo was stolen from a Revlon ad. pic.twitter.com/xyFuhuLkta
— Evil Wylie (@EvilWylie) December 4, 2013
This guy also registered a domain for selling “Kindle marketing tips.” His big tip? PLAGIARIZE YOUR BOOKS! pic.twitter.com/FQGfYUMGG4
— Evil Wylie (@EvilWylie) December 4, 2013
It is Illegal and Unethical and Scuzzball Low to plagiarise.
(Romance author’s you need to check to see if these are any of your books uplifted by this lowlife.)
In other news this week Amazon announced a new delivery
service... Prime Air - delivery by drone. The internet was bursting with drone
jokes. Jeff Bezos made the announcement on a CBS special which Porter Anderson covered as part of his weekly look at all things publishing. Jeff has messages
for the publishing/retail community including ‘Complaining is not a strategy.’
Jane Friedman hosted Angela Ackerman on her site this week.
Angela was talking about business plans for writers, which has had a lot of
positive press.
In another twist Jane Friedman was interviewed by ALLi The Alliance of Independent Authors on The Business of Making Money from Writingand Publishing. This is one of those Get a coffee, close the door and upskill for an hour of awesomeness. Widely talked about on Twitter yesterday.
Passive Guy this week had two call to arms posts.
One was on the unprofessional behaviour of some editors and agents participating in the Twitter hashtag #queryfail.
Detailing misdemeanors just makes you look unprofessional.
The comments on his post make insightful reading.
The other was Author Websites and the Ten Mistakes to Avoid.
This was a very informative piece as over 70 comments with tips to add or avoid
attested.
The FutureBook conference continues to create talking points
around the web... including this article from Publishing Perspectives on the big ideas to come out of the conference. Rebecca Smart’s address on Publishing
-why are we so bloody slow and what can be done about it?
Digital Book World continues their self publishing dialogue series with this sadly telling infographic on writers take home pay.
Bob Mayer continues to fly the flag for Indie Publishing...
with his article - Writer’s Create Product, Reader’s Consume Product, Everybody in Between Must Provide Long Term Value.
In the Craft Section,
After NaNo ... how to use Beat Sheets. Awesome advice from
Jami Gold
Roz Morris on Subtext in Dialogue...bookmark this!
In the Marketing Section,
Joanna Penn on Book Description SEO Bookmark this!
To Finish,
Local author, D C Grant (awesome children’s writer)
participated in NaNoWriMo this
year and chronicles her journey in a nifty post each line showing how her word
count ebbed and flowed. Congratulations to all participants!
maureen
Pic from http://imgur.com/1OVaAQ0
* Those who read Discworld will get the reference... those who don't should!
maureen
Pic from http://imgur.com/1OVaAQ0
* Those who read Discworld will get the reference... those who don't should!
