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Not sure if this fits in here, but I am a big fan of 'pay what you want' deals, and this is the one I am most familiar with:
http://www.storybundle.com
These folks have regular bundles of ebooks you can buy, grouped around a common theme. I have bought several of them and I have found authors I would not have tried otherwise, and starting at $1 for 8 books you can't really go wrong
http://www.storybundle.com
These folks have regular bundles of ebooks you can buy, grouped around a common theme. I have bought several of them and I have found authors I would not have tried otherwise, and starting at $1 for 8 books you can't really go wrong
http://www.the-wcba.blogspot.co.nz/Did I mention the Wellington 15 May evening for kid's book authors and illustrators?
Nice pay from these people. And a very new type of unusual market.Summer Submissions
We are in the midst of receiving some great submissions for our summer issue. We will be accepting submissions until June 7, 2013, midnight EST.
We are looking for short stories and poems that breathe with a life of their own. You can always email us with specific questions about submitting. We are excited to continue reading for this next issue.
For more information please visit www.sipscard.com/submit.
What a fantastic link - they pay you just to have rights for 90 days! I love it. Get those short stories polished!
Edited to add:Ah, somehow I missed off this and was left sounding snappy. Sorry about that. Here's what I wrote but muffed pasting in.
Trouble with the NZSA Kobo comp is that the winner is only offered for sale in NZ.
Frankly why bother when you can have world wide distribution? A print run in NZ is 2000 and you'd be lucky to sell all those. An ebook run isn't going to be much more and people, alas, use Amazon more than Kobo.
It's a nice idea but if you're serious about writing you need to have a wider distribution than tiny old NZ. NZ is only a very small city in the big world of publishing.
In regards to Kobo - self publishing via Writing Life is VERY easy! It took me only a short period of time to get my book up on there. All I can say is that winning the competition might do wonders for your marketing, but aside from that, there's not too much of a benefit.We sell a lot of kobos at our work, and they have more ebooks on their website than Amazon. Just so you know.
Good to know, will up date my marketing, thank you.
I'm not a writer, but they're not bothering me! Thanks for taking your time to inform our writer members.
Yes, I've Oz friends who use it. They push Oz books widely, their reviews go on their site and up here at Goodreads and wherever they can.
FYI http://kiwiwriters.org/ is back up and running again with lots of challenges, little ones to shake up writing and bigger ones like SocNoc the kiwi NaNoWriMo arm etc. And for anyone who is cash strapped it has the advantage of being free :)
Thanks for the link A.J. This looks like a great site.
http://www.writeaboutdragons.com/2013...Brandon Sanderson is offering a free novel writing class online. Starts 3 June.
Nadine wrote: "Fleur Beale hosts a wrong course for authors of YA fiction in Wellington .... http://beattiesbookblog.blogspot.com/..."Looks like a fun event. These flash fiction stories are only 300 words. I've been writing 500 word flash stories. Time to shave off a few words.
Did you see the Commonwealth short story comp had several NZ writers in the short list?
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/C3X757GThis is the Book Council survey with a pile of books as a prize
Of interest for anyone. Have a look online at the mag which can be useful for PRCALL FOR ENTRIES
SHELF UNBOUND WRITING COMPETITION
FOR BEST INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED BOOK
Shelf Unbound book review magazine announces the Shelf Unbound Writing Competition for Best Independently Published Book. Any independently published book in any genre is eligible for entry. Entry fee is $30 per book. The winning entry will be selected by the editors of Shelf Unbound magazine.
"Independently Published" books include self-published books (such as those published through CreateSpace, Lulu.com, iUniverse, etc.) and/or books published through small presses releasing less than five titles per year. Books entered in last year's competition are eligible for re-submission in this year's competition. There is no limit to the number of books an individual can enter; each book is a separate entry.
The official rules for the competition can be found at here.
To submit an entry, email a PDF or Word Doc of your entire book, including the cover, to Margaret@shelfmediagroup.com, subject line Contest Entry (or mail a physical copy of your book to: Shelf Media Group, PO Box 852321, Richardson, Texas 75085-2321), and send a check for $30 made out to Shelf Media Group to Margaret Brown, Shelf Media Group, PO Box 852321, Richardson, Texas 75085-2321, or pay via PayPal (click on this link and select "Competition Entry Fee": http://www.shelfmediagroup.com/pages/...). All entries received (and entry fee paid) will be considered.
The top five books, as determined by the editors of Shelf Unbound, will receive editorial coverage in the December/January 2014 issue of Shelf Unbound. The author of the book named as the Best Independently Published book will receive editorial coverage as well as a year’s worth of full-page ads in Shelf Unbound (rate card value $6,000).
The Albury/Pleasant Point Presbyterian Parish, publishers of the successful and highly-acclaimed Fuel for the Soul anthology of spiritual writing in 2009, and equally successful I Saw Love Today in 2011 are doing it again!Following requests from readers for a third collection, together with a perceived gap in the market for a book of hope for those people touched by cancer, the Parish's publication team are calling for new submissions of writing - this time with a message of hope and encouragement. They want to encourage those that have had past experiences with
cancer (themselves or through friends or family members) to put pen to paper and tell their story in a positive and encouraging light.
The Parish will be working alongside the SC Cancer Society with this project.
The publication team are asking for submissions of poetry or prose with a 'hope' theme. They will select a 1st ($250 cash prize), 2nd ($100 cash prize) and 3rd ($50 cash prize) and select 50 (or more) pieces of writing for the new anthology.
The publication will be launched in early 2014. Entry forms and more information are available by contacting Anne Dowall
(03) 6147324, anne.alf@clear.net.nz, or emailing Karalyn Reid karalynjoyce@xtra.co.nz. The Parish's Facebook page is: Pleasant Point Presbyterian Parish, NZ.
Limited numbers of Fuel for the Soul, and I Saw Love Today are still available by sending a cheque for $20 (two-for-one special price), plus $2 postal details to Yvonne Gray,16 Runa Terrace, Pleasant Point, South Canterbury.
Pleasant Point writer and leader of the anthology team, Karalyn Reid encourages people to have a go - they don't need to be published writers. She expects this book, like I Saw Love Today to truly touch the reader.
Au Contraire the National Science Fiction convention is on in Wellington this weekend.http://www.aucontraire.org.nz/index.php
Might see you there. (I have long dark hair and freckles for those that are in Wgtn and want to come along. And I'm short!)
Eileen wrote: "Au Contraire the National Science Fiction convention is on in Wellington this weekend.http://www.aucontraire.org.nz/index.php
Might see you there. (I have long dark hair and freckles for those th..."
hi Eileen - strange fate :)
Hi AJ,I didn't know you were also on this forum.
That's so funny! Catch you soon.
:)
Yes, apart from paying money out to PR companies You Tube seems to be the big selling point. Wish I could get something put together for it but am hopeless with techy stuff. Am going to try though with the help of some pals at the local radio.
On the 1st Sunday morning of each month from now until December I have nice little nook for a stall in the Oamaru heritage area -Harbour st. I will be selling our Writer's Choice books along with collectables like pretty china and glassware and am happy to support other Kiwi writers by welcoming them to come and sell their books with ours.Anyone wanting to come down and needs to spend a night here is welcome to sleep in the writer's retreat room in my home. Check out www.rowanlindsay.co.nz for details of that.
for anyone who's interested - I probably won't becuase I don't believe in paying money to enter a competition - but otherwise it looks good (especially as I like destroying the notion that writing can only be a solitary affair). http://northwrite.co.nz/collaborative...
Just for writers. There's a new and simple website for promoting your books. Dead simple to use. Just cover and blurb.www.coverblurb.com
Romance writers of NZ http://www.romancewriters.co.nz/
SpecFic NZ http://www.specficnz.org/
Storylines NZ for children's books (picture books to YA novels) http://www.storylines.org.nz/
Science Fiction and Fantasy NZ and Au Contraire SFF Convention in Wgtn this year
http://www.sffanz.org.nz/ http://www.aucontraire.org.nz/
Wgtn Children's Book Association http://www.the-wcba.blogspot.co.nz/
NZSA Writer's Groups Page http://www.authors.org.nz/wawcs013932...
:)