I’m going to make a huge assumption here and that is that you are hoping that your writing will eventually pay off in some way and that you aren’t doing this just for the love of writing. I could be wrong but writing for the sake of writing, without any sort of recognition of ‘success’…
I’d like to suggest we share a cup of coffee together and to help you get in the swing of things I’ve added a picture of mine. Your book is your baby, you’ve worked long and hard to get it to the stage it’s at and it is hard not to feel downhearted when the…
Publishers and distributors in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland have a legal obligation to send one copy of each of their printed publications to the Legal Deposit Office of the British Library within one month of publication. They are also encouraged to send a copy to each of the other Legal Deposit…
I’ve been passionate about many things over the years and they wax and wane according to my mood, my situation, the weather and social climate; but one thing has remained fairly constant and that is my belief in empowering people. If you were to check out my LinkedIn profile, you would see right at the…
If you are an author and you have never visited the London Book Fair then you have, my friend, never lived at least that is my humble opinion on the matter. The huge, bustling event is proof, if ever any were needed that the thirst for opportunities to learn through some form of ‘book’ whether…
Update: 15/04/12 Following a conversation with a friend, I updated this post because he had read it quite negatively and actually the story isn’t negative. When I became brave enough to actually see how many books there were in each category I was being listed as a best-seller. At the end of each listing you…
Last week I introduced you to the concept of creating a marketing plan for your book with the post  … and on the subject of a Marketing Plan for Authors! You will need to read it before we carry on as it introduces you to six important helpers in your arsenal to get your book…
Way back in 2007 I ran a workshop on behalf of a local organisation called Creative Dorset for authors and those who were hoping to publish a book. During the course of the mornings proceedings I shared a slide in the presentation that I had put together from the data Nielsen had released about the…
So, you’ve finished ‘the book’ and you are now ready to move on to the next stage that is generally called marketing. You may have published your book yourself or you may have a contract with a publisher, either way the vast majority of the work now lies before you rather than behind you –…
I am now the proud owner of an EIN, or Employee Identification Number to you and me, and it comes to me courtesy of the United States Inland Revenue Service. I can’t tell you how much that 30% withholding on royalties has rankled over the years and I did try way back in the distant days…
