By Kurt Wagner Now that we know Twitter is building a feature to let users share longer tweets, maybe as long as 10,000 characters, that could have big consequences for publishers. The average Twitter user ÔÇö many of whom freaked out about the news ÔÇö will probably never sniff a 10,000 character tweet. But publishers […]
Publishing your book in India
Publishing in India With a population of 1,236,344,631 ┬á- ┬á1.2 billion, the market for books in India is huge. ┬áThrough Filament Publishing, AuthorCraft is now able to offer publishing and distribution in India for our members. Digital publishing in India Digital publishing in India is an emerging market. Currently the market for e-books is small […]
Marketing your book – Member offer
SPECIAL OFFER FOR AUTHORCRAFT MEMBERS AuthorCraft Expert Carole Spiers invites you to Find Out How to Market Your Business on a Zero Budget! In central London on Saturday 6th February 2016, Carole Spiers, one of the Authorcraft team, will be delivering a Marketing Bootcamp to a room full of entrepreneurs and showing them how to […]
AuthorCraft expert is Marketing Book of the Year finalist
Congratulations to international expert, speaker and author Warren Knight – pictured here at his book launch at our AuthorCraft event in the Institute of Directors. His book ‘Think Digital First’ is now a finalist for the ┬áprestigious Marketing Book of the Year. ┬áMarketing Book of the Year is organised by┬áM&SB┬áand selects the best global Marketing […]
Chinese bestselling status for Filament author Dee Blick
Huge congratulations to Filament author Dee Blick. Not only has her UK 1 bestseller The Ultimate Small Business Marketing Book now been published in China (The Chinese translated version was released on 30th November 2015 in bookstores and on Amazon China) It has now become a genuine Chinese bestselling business book ÔÇô currently at position […]
What Are the Ingredients of a Successful Book Marketing Plan?
What Are the Ingredients of a Successful Marketing Plan? By: Sabrina Ricci TodayÔÇÖs readers and book buyers are savvy. Ads are not enough to get a potential customerÔÇÖs attention, and being bombarded daily with emails, texts, posts, tweets, shares, images and videos makes it incredibly easy, and more likely, for people to ignore ads. In […]
Best Practices for Author Facebook Pages and Groups
Best Practices for Author Facebook Pages and Groups by Kirsten Oliphant In todayÔÇÖs guest post, Kirsten Oliphant (@kikimojo) discusses how to effectively use Facebook pages and groups. Download her free Facebook workflow cheatsheet. As one of the older students in my MFA program at twenty-seven, I was forced to join Facebook. Without it, I would […]
What Exactly Does An Editor Do? The Role Has Changed Over Time
What Exactly Does An Editor Do? The Role Has Changed Over Time By Lynn Neary ┬á(from www.npr.org) ┬áHow much do editors shape the final book we read? When Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman was published earlier this year, readers learned that this much anticipated “second book” by Lee was actually a first draft of […]
So what does a Literary Agent do?
An interview with literary agent Susan Mears Interviewed by Dee Blick – from her book ‘The Ultimate Guide to Writing and Marketing a Bestselling book’ ┬á(Filament Publishing) I have always wondered what a literary agent does and how they can help you get your book accepted by a publishing house. So when I was given […]
Hooking new readers
Book + Hook = Sales (Marketing Recipe for┬áAuthors) BOOK MARKETING TIPS Is your book full of hooks? If you donÔÇÖt understand the question, donÔÇÖt worry. IÔÇÖll explain it shortly. After I ask a different question. Why did you read this article? I realize that you havenÔÇÖt committed yet. At any moment, you could walk […]