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By Michael Kozlowski The president of the UK Booksellers Association, Tim Walker spoke at the Nielsen BookInsights conference yesterday and made some startling revelations. During a round-table discussion Tim said ÔÇ£I do a have a concern that AmazonÔÇÖs dominance is causing problems. We estimate Kindle has a 95% market share of e-book sales in the […]

The BBC launches a new website – Copyright Aware This month the BBC launches Copyright Aware, a website dedicated to raising awareness about copyright and knowing your rights as an author and creator. The website recognises that with the rise of blogs, vlogs and camera phones we create works every day, often without realising, and […]

┬áJournalists have flocked to the audio sharing site but how are they using it? ┬áCould authors be doing the same thing to promote their books? SoundCloud has quickly become one of the best platforms for journalists to share audio stories on the web. Being easy to use, advert free and attracting over 175 million unique […]

Amazon Makes it Easier than Ever to Leave a Review┬áBy Mercy Pilkington Book reviews are the bane of many authorsÔÇÖ existence, not for their negative remarks or hurtful nature, but mostly for the fact that many authors feel the frustration of not getting reviews in the first place. This is especially common among authors who […]

Thursday ┬áApril 16th 6.30 for 7pm at the Institute of Directors https://twitter.com/adrianggilbert Adrian Gilbert describes himself on Twitter as ‘ the author of a number of best-selling books in the genre of ancient mysteries and alternative history. He also likes puffed wheat.’┬á Well, he is certainly a ‘cereal’ success having has a string of best […]

Donna Thorland, author of the Renegades of the Revolution series from Penguin NAL has┬átaken advantage of┬áTwitterÔÇÖs new native┬ávideo┬áplatform to promote her latest book. By uploading a trailer for the book from her phone, she was able to tweet the trailer directly to her audience from within the social network. ÔÇ£I actually repurposed an existing trailer […]

In this blog youÔÇÖll discover At a glance how to improve your copywriting skills in minutes How the pros write response grabbing copy How to enthuse your readers┬á You donÔÇÖt need to be the WorldÔÇÖs greatest copywriter to get incredible results from your copywriting. But you do need to be prepared to learn new skills […]

ThereÔÇÖs so much talk about audio and podcasts today! If youÔÇÖre still not thinking about finding the best format to use it, donÔÇÖt despair! I penned a blog last summer ÔÇô 5 Steps for beginners, which hopefully should start your thinking process and if you look through some of the other posts here, there are […]

┬áA publishing podcast is about creating intimacy with the reader. ItÔÇÖs not a bullet point or marketing strategy, says Anshuman Iddamsetty of PRH Canada. ÔÇ£The internet is hostile to sounds and podcasts in general,ÔÇØ said Anshuman Iddamsetty at last weekÔÇÖs TechForum in Toronto produced by BookNet Canada. ÔÇ£With a podcast, it is difficult to get […]

There is an exciting, globally connected world of fast, new online marketing out there, ideally suited for you as writers, to promote and market your newly published books! Marketing has changed dramatically in a really positive way. Gone are the days of traditional marketing ÔÇô where we went out knocking on doors, telephone cold calling […]