Category: Publishing

  • Storybox

    What is Storybox? “STORYBOX is a clean energy digital cube, designed for inclusive media and storytelling in public spaces. Partnering with different organisations to activate public spaces, and to connect audiences with stories, insights and creative talent worth sharing.” ​My poem that was published on the Storybox site recently was inspired by my late brother,…

  • A Useful Site for Readers and Indie Authors: Books 2 Read

    A Useful Site for Readers and Indie Authors: Books 2 Read

    Click on the following links: Karrana: https://books2read.com/b/3GeoKL Writing a Novel: https://books2read.com/u/m2r6Nj How does Books2Read work? Books2Read is an author site featuring book discovery tools developed by indie-publishing service Draft2Digital. We’re 100% indie and 100% awesome at finding books that will make you happy. Books2Read will help you keep track of your favorite indie authors’ new…

  • Randwick Writers’ Group: Sharing Writing Skills

    Randwick Writers’ Group: Sharing Writing Skills

    A book about writing groups Joining a writing group is very popular these days, at least in Anglo speaking countries. There are many different types of writing groups, just as there are various types of writers. Some writers simply wish to record memories for their family, children and friends to read. Writing correctly and clearly…

  • 5 Further Publishing Facts

    5 Further Publishing Facts

    NIELSEN BOOKSCAN In December 2000 the situation for publishers began to change a little with the establishment of Nielsen BookScan, a local affiliate of US polling company A.C. Nielsen. Nielsen tracks book sales by barcode from around eighty-five per cent of all retail outlets selling books in Australia. Its main customers are publishing houses which,…

  • 5 Facts I Learnt About Self/Publishing

    5 Facts I Learnt About Self/Publishing

    Someone said it takes a village to bring up a child; it’s the same for writing a novel. This was certainly true for me. Experts say you should write about what you know, so I wrote about my parents’ love story, set in country New South Wales, as Australia was exiting from the Second World…

  • Highs and Lows of Self Publishing

    Highs and Lows of Self Publishing

    Self publishing may require you, the first-time author/publisher, to invest time in learning the ropes by accessing online forums and videos provided by Amazon KDP.

  • Self publishing a novel as an ebook

    Self publishing a novel as an ebook

    What a month it has been! No, make that two—or three…. First a hasty trip to Croatia and to Spain with my husband. I always like to record my travels on my blog, which I did, in between touring around, often alone, (thanks for those cognacs in that foreshore bistro in Cavtat!), as well as…

  • Self Publishing

    Self Publishing

    1. Self Publishing Is Easy (according to some!) Firstly, choose a size for your print book, format your Word manuscript to fit that size, turn your Word doc into a PDF, create some cover art in Photoshop, turn that into a PDF, and upload it all to the self publisher of your choice. You will…

  • How to create an ebook in 5 easy steps…

    How to create an ebook in 5 easy steps…

    Why design an ebook? I wanted to include a special offer for new subscribers to my blog. This is called a lead magnet. I decided to create an ebook based on several of my updated blog posts. I chose five favourite posts from this  blog, Craft of Writing. First up I had to write the…

  • Publishing Streams in Australia

    Publishing Streams in Australia

    A Seminar I Attended In July I attended an excellent seminar held at the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) in Ultimo, Sydney, titled “Pitch Perfect”. The convenor, Emily Booth, an editor from Melbourne company, Text Publishing, led the workshop on how to pitch our manuscript to agents and publishers. One of the most helpful pieces…