It is Book Fair time… online. Frankfurt is underway with over 4000 digital exhibitors. Trying to wrap your head around that is hard but luckily Publishing Perspectives has got your back and is publishing lots of articles from the Fair. They have a quick rundown on the International Publishers Association - State of Publishing reports. This is a comprehensive series from Norway looking at the future of publishing against 7 norms.
Every year around Book Fair time The Alliance of Independent Authors holds their 24 hour online conference. This year the themes is tools. Check out the lineup and carve out some time this weekend to attend virtually!
This week the Indie Bookstores in America are having a box out campaign to highlight shopping at Indie bookstore instead of Amazon. Indie Book Blog published an article about the shaky future of Indie Press.’ These are all the little publishers that publish niche or more challenging genres than the big 4. Take a look at your bookshelves. How many books do you have published by small publishers?
While we are thinking about Indie bookstores, spare a thought for all the cinemas out there who are watching the decimation of their business. Kris Rusch looks at the future of entertainment venues- how do you reframe your business in uncertain times.
This week a friend sent me a link to an article published locally about the problems of supply for Bookstores coming up to Christmas. I know we hate thinking about Christmas in October but in the book business that’s what you have to do. Even though this article is about buying books… don’t forget to add printing books for Christmas sales to this.
Roz Morris has a great article on how to get an early start on your NaNoWriMo project. Start planning your characters. She has great tips on how to flesh out your characters and plot and how to get all your research done so you are ready for November 1.
In The Craft Section,
Diving deep into Point of View- Christina Delay
The ultimate guide to creating characters- Shaunta Grimes- Bookmark
Don’t give readers a reason to reject your novel- Anne R Allen
10 quick tips to writing disabled characters- Elena Paolini- Bookmark
10 step checklist to writing a better novel- K M Weiland
Creating the authentic villain- Kyla Bagnell- Bookmark
In The Marketing Section,
3 amazon reader review myths- Sandra Beckwith
Setting up a course – interview with Dave Chesson
How to craft an elevator pitch that sells- Ruth Harris- Bookmark
7 steps to self publishing success- Zara Altair
105 hashtags for writers- Frances Caballo- Bookmark
Effective Social Media for your book marketing campaign- Penny Sansevieri- Bookmark
How to find the right background image for your website – Nate Hoffelder
To Finish,
October is NaNoPrepMo. Sometimes the fact that November is just around the corner and pressure to write that novel in a month can suck all the joy out of writing. If you have been having a tough writing year and are struggling with the muse – Give yourself a break. Litreactor has a great article from Karis Rogerson about just writing for yourself by reframing your writing.
Maureen
@craicer
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