News from the Book Publishing World - 05

VAT changes are a mere nuisance for huge retailers, but a real blow to self-published authors

8th June, 2015

The closure of the loophole whereby Amazon routed EU online sales through Luxembourg has had an unintended negative effect on writersUntil 1 January this year, a self-published author or small independent publisher had a couple of choices for where t...

 

Inside Traditional Publishing: Authors - Are You Auditing Your Royalty Statements?

5th June, 2015

In her article, "Good Agents Audit Royalty Statements," Kristin Nelson (President, Nelson Literary Agency) writes that over the past decade, careful auditing by her agency has recovered over $600,000 for her clients. "Even now, nary an accounting pe...

 

Don't Sweat Your Synopsis. Just Write It! 8 Easy Tips

5th June, 2015

Whether you're an aspiring writer pitching a book idea to agents, or a seasoned author whose editor expects a synopsis for each new novel, creating a synopsis can feel like the worst writing you've ever done. That's because it IS the worst writing y...

 

The Geek's Guide to the Writing Life: Having Something to Say and Saying It

4th June, 2015

My friend, Eric Bryan, recently pointed out that I re-post a lot of articles about writing on social media, articles with tips from how to structure your writing time to overcoming self-doubt to plotting your novel, but rarely do these essays touch o...

 

Are e-Books a Good Idea for Latino Authors?

4th June, 2015

It was not my intention to create a trilogy on Huffington Post about the Latino publishing scene, but that is what has happened. My previous two articles were about big publishing's snub of Hispanic authors and the rise of small presses. And now I wi...

 

How I Succeeded As a Self-Published Author

3rd June, 2015

Sold out: reflections of a seasoned self-publisher With the exception of 9 copies sitting in an Amazon warehouse in Indiana, I have completely sold out of A Regular Guy: Growing Up With Autism, the book that I self-published 7 years ago. The book, ...

 

Amazon aims for British parents with Fire HD Kids Edition tablet

3rd June, 2015

Device for children will cost £119 or £139 and come bundled with built-in subscription for unlimited use of apps, ebooks and videosAccording to the latest figures from communications regulator Ofcom, 71% of British children aged 5-15 have access to...

 

5 Ways Aspiring Authors Get Tripped Up in Wishful Thinking

2nd June, 2015

I recently had a coaching session with an author who's finished with her manuscript and ready to shop it. Like most of the writers I work with, it's taken her a year to complete, and there were another five years before we started our work together d...

 

Amazon Kindle Singles: Delicious Snackable Stories

2nd June, 2015

Why would a traditionally published author give exclusivity to Amazon for a new book? I thought I knew the answer, but I discovered the reasons are as varied as writers and book genres. Publish In a New Genre I'm a successful finance trade book au...

 

Books About Women Don't Win Major Fiction Prizes. How Can We Change That?

2nd June, 2015

Man, woman, cyborg -- no matter what kind of writer you are, if you want to win a major literary award, there’s just one thing you have to do: Make sure your main character is a man. Okay, it still helps to be a man, writing about men, but a woman...

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