Selling Direct: Why book publishers are offering subscriptions & how it will change their brand
Are eBook subscription sites going to change the way we buy books?
Refocusing on Bookstores in 2013
Is the post-bookstore world inevitable? 5 ways bookshops can fight back
Small Business Breakthrough Workshop & Book Publishing as a Marketing Tool
The Author and the Reader and The Philadelphia Story
The Forgotten Sales Channel Part 2: Australia’s Top 3 Book Distribution options for Self-Publishers
The Forgotten Sales Channel Part 1 – Book distribution for self-publishers
Self-publishing Part 9: Justifying the Humble Paragraph
Great podcast episode from the Creative Penn for self-published authors
Penguin Random House – dawn of the mega-publisher?
Self-publishing triples in 5 yearsAll Posts »
Selling Direct: Why book publishers are offering subscriptions & how it will change their brand
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In my previous post I discussed how eBook subscription services such as Oyster and 24symbols are receiving a lot of attention with their promise of becoming the “Spotify for eBooks”. But publishers are getting in on the act as well, with a number of niche publishers in particular offering discounted access to their list of titles to subscriber members.
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The Author and the Reader and The Philadelphia Story
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A local cinema has been showing classic movies recently and I had the great pleasure of watching The Philadelphia Story on the big screen – the original 1940 version with a very young Jimmy Stewart playing a tabloid journalist, Macaulay Connor, and Katherine Hepburn as the reclusive heiress, Tracy Lord. Both characters despise each other on contact but there follows a wonderful scene in a library that illustrates beautifully the complex relationship and dialogue that exists between author and reader and I couldn’t help thinking about how true it still felt 72 years later.
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Self-publishing Part 9: Justifying the Humble Paragraph
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Spare a thought for the humble paragraph, the unappreciated middle-child of book structure. While authors lavish attention upon each sentence and fuss over chapter headings and cliff-hangers, the paragraph is often just an afterthought—a bite-sized chunk of text defined by line breaks.
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Penguin Random House – dawn of the mega-publisher?
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The publishing world is abuzz with the news that two of the world’s largest publishers, Random House and Penguin, have agreed to merge, potentially creating a mega-sized publisher that looks to dwarf its competitors. Monday’s announcement confirmed several days of rumours and speculation following the Financial Times report on Thursday that Random House and Penguin’s parent companies, Bertelsmann and Pearson, had entered merger talks. The size of the deal and its implications for the industry have sparked frenzied discussion on everything from the fate of existing staff to the design of the new logo
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Small Business Breakthrough Workshop & Book Publishing as a Marketing Tool
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In October last year I was invited as a guest speaker to a Small Business seminar run by Business Coach, Sabrina Domenosky. At the seminar I presented the idea of writing and publishing a book as a marketing tool to help promote your small business and discussed the most effective ways to produce, market and sell your book. The response from the seminar was fantastic and I’m very pleased to say that Sabrina has invited me back to her next Small Business seminar on Sunday February 3rd to talk more about about Book Publishing as a Marketing Tool.
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Posts of the Week – The Blog Round-up Sep 21
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I read a huge number of blogs and articles each week about the book industry, including thoughts on creative writing, publishing, book reviews and everything in between. With so many very talented people approaching these subjects in so many new and interesting ways, I wanted to share some of the posts and articles that I find most thought provoking and insightful each week. It’s also a great chance to meet new writer’s, bloggers and publishing professionals.
Fiction et al 