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Publishing

Google Teams Up With British Library To Digitise 250,000 Books

Google has teamed up with the British Library to bring quarter of a million dusty tomes to the internet. That’s upwards of 40 million pages, with a potential cost of £40 million. Check out the Read more…

By admin, 14 years ago June 20, 2011

Writing

Writer Website Targeted By Hackers

On Thursday hacker group Lulzsec released 62,000 email addresses and passwords to the public, putting not only email accounts, but Facebook, Twitter and other accounts that people regularly use at risk. In most cases it Read more…

By admin, 14 years ago June 17, 2011

Reading

The Importance of Reading

I would probably be preaching to the choir if I was to rattle on about how important reading is in general, but after reading a number of disturbing posts by would-be authors over the years Read more…

By admin, 14 years ago June 14, 2011

Marketing

Book Trailers

Book trailers are an increasingly popular way of advertising a book, especially with the success of YouTube. In many ways they can act as visual blurbs, pulling in readers in a way that only moving Read more…

By admin, 14 years ago June 8, 2011

Writing

Manuscript Formatting

Writers like to write. It’s hard to question that. But some writers really hate to format their manuscript. This is why the self-publication market is rife with badly formatted books, which makes them unreadable (and Read more…

By admin, 14 years ago June 3, 2011

Publishing

Amazon Now Sells More Ebooks Than Print Books

If Bloomsbury’s blossoming ebook sales weren’t convincing enough, Amazon recently reported that it’s now selling more Kindle books than print books, which is a pretty mean feat considering it’s the top online store for print Read more…

By admin, 14 years ago June 2, 2011

Publishing

Ebook Sales Soar

While the print market remains the primary target for most writers, it is becoming increasingly important not to ignore digital book sales. Bloomsbury, which publishes a really nice edition of the Harry Potter series, among Read more…

By admin, 14 years ago June 1, 2011

Publishing

The Chopping Board

The sad reality for most unknown or lesser known writers is that there is generally a bigger limitation on manuscript size than for the Stephen Kings and George R. R. Martins of the world. This Read more…

By admin, 14 years ago May 31, 2011

Writing

Introduction

Welcome to my new website and blog! This blog will house my random musings on writing, my insights into the publishing industry, news that might interest writers and readers, and samples of my work, both Read more…

By admin, 14 years ago May 31, 2011