Author Archive | Chris Day

AuthorCraft at the IoD 22nd March 2016 – Running Order 5.30pm┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á┬á Doors open – Registration and informal networking. ┬áFirst time visitors – free.┬á Members subscribing at ┬ú25 per month – free. ┬á┬áMembers subscribing at ┬ú9.99 per month pay ┬ú15. ┬á┬áThe bar is open for snacks, meals and drinks right throughout the evening – please support […]

JOIN WARREN KNIGHT FOR A FREE WEBINAR Wednesday 9th March at 7pm “Utilising Social Media to Drive Sales Before & After Book Launch” What if I told you that I can help you utilise social media to drive more book sales?? During my 1 hour webinar taking place this Wednesday evening 9th March at 7pm, […]

Thanks to everyone who made the February AuthorCraft event at the Institute of Directors such a success. ┬áA great turn out with nearly 60 authors in the room to hear some world class speakers. Big thank you to bestselling author DEE BLICK with a copy of the Chinese edition of her book ‘The Ultimate Small […]

BBC Radio 2 presenter Janey Lee Grace on the Chrissy B Show with hints and tips on raising your profile Janey’s book ‘You are the Brand’ was published by Filament Publishing and launched earlier this year at AuthorCraft, Special offer ÔÇô We canÔÇÖt compete with Amazon BUT we can give you fabulous ADDED VALUEÔǪ So […]

Published in the Completely Novel Blog -┬áhttps://completelynovel.com/articles/10-ways-to-cure-writers-block ThereÔÇÖs laziness, procrastinationÔǪ and then thereÔÇÖs writerÔÇÖs block. Some people see it as an invented affliction. But others such as Leo Tolstoy, Virginia Woolf and Ernest Hemingway have been affected by it for varying periods of time. Authors with personal experience are obviously the ideal people to give […]

As a service to AuthorCraft, Literary Agent Susan Mears is offering to include book proposals from our members in her portfolio at the 2016 London Book Fair which is happening next month at Olympia. Susan has meetings already set up with the commissioning editors she knows from all of the top publishing houses. In those […]

┬áfrom Author &┬áEditor┬áChristine Miller MA FRSA As a published author, an editor and publisher with over 8 years┬áexperience, and more than 25 years in business as a┬áconsultant┬áand business owner, I am often asked about the best way to approach getting published. Of course, the┬ápublishing┬áworld is changing rapidly, and many┬áwriters┬áare choosing to self-publish. However, whether your […]

by┬áK.B. Jensen Amazon calls┬áKindle Scout┬áreader-powered publishing. Some have called it ÔÇ£the American IdolÔÇØ for books. I prefer to think of it as a literary lottery for book lovers. Readers vote on their favorite unpublished titles based on excerpts uploaded to the site by authors, and in return receive free copies of the books they voted […]

Research by the Bookseller shows that sales for the ÔÇÿbig fiveÔÇÖ UK publishers dropped in 2015 Ebook sales for the UKÔÇÖs five biggest publishers fell in 2015, according to a new report in the Bookseller, collectively declining 2.4%, to 47.9m units. It is the first drop in numbers of books sold in this medium for […]