I spent a wonderful day yesterday with a group of
authors talking about just this thing, how to take fiction from competent to unforgettable.
A poet and
author talks with five published and noteworthy poets about craft and creative process, and what they do when the going gets tough.
I've
heard authors talk about a particular publisher they were using due to very low cost, but the errors made them rethink it.
It sounds ridiculously naive to me when
indie authors talk about book marketing or promotion.
One thing I hear a lot of self - published and traditionally -
published authors talk about today is the business of writing.
Many authors talk about the complexity of book marketing, but sometimes it doesn't have to be that hard.
We've
found authors talking about where to go, what to do, and how to do what they did for maximum impact.
We spend a lot of time on the phone with
authors talking through their goals, their target audience and their plans.
I've seen
countless authors talking about how they were making pennies and then finally wrote a book «to market» and suddenly jumped up to four figures a month in earnings.
A lot of
indie authors I talk to struggle with the concept of book marketing, but moreover their struggle is «where» to market and «how» to market.
A simple, friendly «talking head» type webcam or smartphone video of you as the self
published author talking to your potential readers can have just as much impact.
Many indie
authors talk about craft or quality but hate the idea of marketing their books.
She also somehow squeezes in to her timetable a series of
author talks at leading bookshops, special interest groups and literature festivals.
We offer a variety of events, such
as author talks, book discussions, book clubs, wine & chocolate tastings.
«Music & Me» is a feature in
which authors talk about their musical influences, their favourite musicians and their «musical guilty pleasures».
The independent Bookshop Santa Cruz is packed with happy locals, especially during
frequent author talks, and many other boutiques offer art, clothing, and home furnishings.
Six of the videos, «Scientists on the Front Lines of Climate Change,» feature NCA
chapter authors talking about key messages from their chapters.
What every
independent author I talk with seems to be looking for these days is an easy, cost - effective way to publish either a book - in - progress or a book that's just been completed.
I'm hearing more and
more authors talking about how their legacy publishers are refusing to release rights e-books rights back to them even though these same publishers are reporting digital sales on the titles in question that are well below the «in print» figures necessary to maintain the rights.
Author and historian Elizabeth Gillan Muir will be
doing author talks and book signings in June in Campbell River and the Comox Valley.
For extra, learn the sport's
lead author talk about how he tried to steadiness these two elements of the story.
The Boston Book Festival
brings author talks, panels, live music, costumed characters, and more (Boston)
The Facebook
Effect author talks about the importance of connecting with one another and how Facebook catalyzes our connections
Thoroughly recommend this book to people who use online dating
sites.The author talks from experience and gives insight into this subject and social networking in general.
My frustration with the way I heard fellow trad
pub authors talk about self pub led to my dropping out of every single one of my trad pub email loops.
Recently I've even seen some articles written by successful, traditionally published, bestselling, award -
winning authors talking about how little money they've actually made (a $ 30K advance, split up over three years, for example).
Publish Your Book: Proven Strategies and Resources for the Enterprising Author Promote Your Book: Over 250 Proven, Low - Cost Tips and Techniques for the
Enterprising Author Talk Up Your Book: How to Sell Your Book Through Public Speaking, Interviews, Signings, Festivals, Conferences, and More Propose Your Book, How to Craft Persuasive Proposals for Nonfiction Fiction, and Children's Books
Author Cindy Procter - King talks about how to get books written with all the other things a self - published author has to do — as well as some great tips for using an author
Dylan Hearn has a really good article looking at 5 Self - publishing Truths
Few Authors Talk About.
The
versatile author talks about the discoveries that prompted him to write a novel about the friendship between Truman Capote and Harper Lee, and discusses the advantages and difficulties of writing fiction about real people and events.
It makes an interesting read in terms of the shifting definitions of capitalism current in the literature and reminds us that when
different authors talk about capitalism that they are using the same term to refer to numerous different things.
If you're at all nervous about making a book launch speak / reading your work aloud /
giving author talks then join a Speakers» Club (UK) or Toastmasters» Culb (UK / US).
If you're a
non-fiction author talk about the topics you've written books about, give people extra content that helps them.
The more
authors talk out abound Author House and Author Solutions, the more the social media channels will pick it up and show all the negatives on the key search pages.
So many things specifically exclude self - publishers, and there's a constant background noise - like a passionate couple of posts from a
trade author talking about her personal journey, which in passing equated self - publishers to snake oil merchants, and self - published books with shit.
The Literature Foundation, in fact, on April 23 won the 2018 Middle East Special Event award in the category of arts and cultural events, and this year hosted more than 5,000 students at
author talks featuring Jacqueline Wilson, Anthony Horowitz and Samar Mahfouz Barraj and others.