This week is all about the London Book Fair. (It is still
Book Fair season.)
The Alliance of Independent Authors hosted a packed online
conference at the London Book Fair. They had some wonderful speakers and have put blogposts up on their website with all sorts of juicy information and learning.
This is well worth spending some quiet time trawling through.
One of the standout events was a panel discussion on selling more formats into more countries.
Publishing Perspectives has their eye on the fair and the
interesting ideas to come out of it and Lithub finds out how easy it is to get
lost but then you find other things at the fair.
Sukhi Jutla has a great blog post on lessons learned at the London Book Fair. This is of
special relevance to independent authors or those thinking of the hybrid author
model.
Joanna Penn has another great podcast, this week, on
building your author business. This is an interesting subject because even if
you follow the traditional approach to publishing you are still in the author
business.
Mark Coker has released his 2016 survey on insights and habits of the bestselling authors on Smashwords. This is a comprehensive look
at pricing sweet spots, box sets, etc. etc.
This week Passive Guy pointed out an interesting article in
the WSJ about the new selling footprint of famous independent bookstore
Shakespeare and Co. The new owner has turned it on its head. Is this the bookstore of the future?
In the Craft Section,
Why it helps to construct your novels in scenes- Roz Morris
–Bookmark
How to deal with procrastination- Janice Hardy
Character likeability and subtext- Jami Gold-Bookmark
show- Angela Ackerman-Bookmark
3 surefire ways to generate book ideas- Jody Hedlund
Top 4 editing tricks for narrative flow- KM Weiland-
Bookmark
In the Marketing Section,
11 tips for building an online community- Anne R Allen-
Bookmark
Using video marketing effectively for authors- Joanna Penn-
Bookmark
Why school librarians are your best resource- Middle Grade
Ninja-
Bookmark
Making changes to a published book- Elizabeth S Craig
To Finish,
After spending so much time Book Fair related it is time to
take a break. Bustle has an article on why authors should take a reading break every now and then. This is a funny post about the need to step away from books in order to write them.
Maureen
@craicer
Thanks for all the kind messages about Craicer's 8th
Blogoversary throughout the last week.
Pic from Flickr Creative Commons- Kirt Edblom