Category: Publishing
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…