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I'm a content writer, author, screenwriter and the founder of Publishing Talk, an educational website for new and emerging authors. We have a programme of online masterclasses for authors - which are free to members.

I worked in the publishing industry for around 25 years. I'm the author of Get Up to Speed with Online Marketing (2e, Pearson, 2013) and have since moved into fiction, including screenwriting. In 2019 I ran a successful one-day writers' conference on 'How to Get Published' at Foyles bookshop in London.

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	Get Up to Speed with Online Marketing: How to Use Websites, Blogs, Social Networking and Much More 3.31 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2010 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Social Media Starter Kit 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Publishing Talk Guide to Twitter 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Publishing Talk Magazine issue 3 - NaNoWriMo by Jon Reed (Goodreads Author), Danuta Kean, Sarah Salway really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Publishing Talk Magazine issue 1 - Crime Fiction by Jon Reed (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Collier, Kerry Wilkinson (Goodreads Author) 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Publishing Talk Magazine, Issue 7 - Self-Publishing by Jon Reed (Goodreads Author), Emily Benet (Goodreads Author), Ben Galley (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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This year’s London Book Fair included a panel discussion featuring two hugely successful independent crime fiction authors: JD Kirk and LJ Ross. They shared their self-publishing journeys and insights into creating bestselling books. Here are some of the key takeaways.

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The Ballad of the Sad Café

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