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August 8, 2016
Intl. Book Fair 2016 Frankfurt, Germany
The most important publishing industry event of the year, takes place in 2016 from October 19 to 23: The Frankfurt International Book Fair. During these five days in October, it is THE PLACE TO BE – for authors, publishers, and book lovers.
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With 275,000 visitors, 7,275 international exhibitors and 9,300 journalists and bloggers Frankfurt is a great platform to show books, including self-publishers. Present your title, book a slot or participate at one of the discussions and workshops. 15 i...
August 5, 2016
Book Lovers Can Be Found Here:
You might have already posted your book’s cover on Pinterest, Google+, Flickr, Snapchat, Facebook or Instagram, and other image-based social media sites with some success. Sometimes readers are even able to order your book right away from these sites, such as from Pinterest.
But you can do more: most reader / writer book communities and forums are also places to show your books cover, and meet future readers, and find even reviewers for your books. Always read carefully the guidelines on for...
July 31, 2016
How to Sign Up for LOOK INSIDE
When browsing in bookstores, potential buyers of your book do not only see the cover, but also editorial reviews on the book’s backmatter and they can even read a bit to find out if the book is worthwhile to buy– unlike at some online bookstores. However, to give online shoppers almost the same experience, Amazon Kindle titles are automatically added to the program within a week of the on-sale date and need no additional sign up or any content submission.
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Print Books are a Different Matte...
July 28, 2016
Free App: Indie Bookstore Finder
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Love to read? Like to hang out in bookstores? Planning a road trip or plan tofly to a big city? You can combine all these pleasures, planning visits to independent bookstores as your travel destinations!
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Use a new app, which is called the “Indie Bookstore Finder” to discover Independent Bookstores around the country. More than 400 stores at the launch, with more to come. Many of the stores are having special events, author appearances and books you can only find from your independent boo...
July 25, 2016
Great Numbers: How to Sell Your Book on Pinterest
Pinterest,the image-based content sharing social networking platform allows members to “pin” images, videos and other objects to their pin board, has been growing since years at record speed. It’s the world’s largest set of images that people care about. As you’re creating a board on Pinterest, other people can get inspiration from your ideas – or learn about your books – and even buy your books.
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Statistics:
Researchers at Visual Content Marketing Statistics found that color images or gra...
July 22, 2016
Free ONLINE Reading from her Book
Free ONLINE eBook reading event on Saturday, July 23, from 10 AM to 2 PM Pacific Time by Victoria Ngangu from her book: IN THE HEART OF OUR SOULS .
http://www.victoria-n.com/FREEREADING.pdf
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What inspired you to start writing?
What inspired me to start writing is the story of my great grandfather.
Is there a message in your book that you want your readers to grasp? Love and honor your family.
If...
July 20, 2016
A Very Expensive Mistake…
Lawyer Helen Sedwick monitors so-called “self-publishing companies”, aka vanity publishers or subsidy publishers, through a legal lens and wrote another great article for BookWorks. She explains that too many writers are intimidated by the self-publishing process or simply don’t have enough time. Many of these companies grab too much control over the author’s work.
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An Expensive Mistake for Authors.
These self-publishing companies own the book cover, interior design, and ISBN. Helen Sedwic...
July 17, 2016
Excuses: Myth & Truth About Book Reviews
After writing reviews for many years, I am often encouraging others to do the same once they finish a book. Giving a honest opinion of the title they just read is also a thank-you to the author. And as often I hear quite an interesting array of excuses:
“I never wrote a review before”.
Sure, there is always a first time. But it is easy: just read lots of reader reviews for other books to learn from excellent written ones and also to learn which platitudes to avoid – such as: “I could not pu...
July 13, 2016
Formatting and Converting Your Manuscript
No matter how you publish, and if you upload your book to online retailers by yourself, or if you use a service provider: a perfectly formatted e-book is a must!
Most distribution services / aggregators and online retailers ask you to upload a completed book file that is appropriately formatted, and vary widely in the types of files they accept.
Fortunately, many e-publishing services accept a Word document and automatically convert it to the appropriate format, but you still must go throug...
July 10, 2016
The Shocking Fact Why Authors Don’t Get Paid
If you go to an Amazon sales page, you will find that they offer a new paperback for $14.98. But also another new paperback for $4.98. And a used paperback for one penny…
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“Now, why would you choose to buy the more expensive copy, instead of the other, much cheaperpaperback? They’re both new. You’ll buy the cheaper one. But where does that cheappaperback come from?It’s probably a copy the publisher sold off to make room in a warehouse somewhere. It’s very common. Publishers have high hope...
