Authorcraft Book Club

BBC RADIO 2 presenter starts a new chapter

Nov 23, 2015

With eight million listeners, Janey Lee Grace has spoken to more people in her lunch time than most people will ever do in their lifetime.  Already a multiple best-selling author with five books to her credit, she is well known the Media Spokesperson for the Organic...

Policeman swops truncheon for Caveman’s Club

Nov 21, 2015

As a police officer in Swindon, Carl Rosier Jones went to make an arrest only to have a gun pulled on him and shot at him six times. “Fortunately he was firing blanks but I didn’t know that at the time. I┬á heard six bangs and I thought I was dead.┬á It...

Exploiting the Full Potential of the EPUB3 Format

Nov 20, 2015

By: Larry Bennett If you are an author or a publisher of books that are not strictly narrative, are your ebooks a mirror image of your print books? Or have you taken advantage of the capabilities that the EPUB3 format provides to offer readers an enhanced reading...

10 Top Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Book Publicist

Nov 20, 2015

by Diana Urban Hiring a book publicist can be a worthwhile expenditure if you need help building your bookÔÇÖs platform, or if youÔÇÖd like to supplement your existing marketing efforts or those of your publisherÔÇÖs publicity team. While you might be able to do...

Self Publishing grows 4% in the year according to Neilsen

Nov 17, 2015

U.S. book publishing industry stats from Nielsen Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 is in the rear view mirror but there were a few noteworthy titbits gleaned from the event. Some of the more important facts and figures were shared by NielsenÔÇÖs Jonathan Stolper his...

World Book Day 2016’s Biggest Book Show On Earth lineup announced!

Nov 13, 2015

A live Teen Fest will feature in next yearÔÇÖs Biggest Book Show On Earth event for the first time ever, along with a Guinness World Record quiz attempt and lots of events up and down the country Molly Barker 2016ÔÇÖs Biggest Book Show On Earth line-up will feature...

3 top tips for a successful book signing

Nov 12, 2015

by Sarah Juckes Book signings and events tend to be things that new authors look forward to ÔÇô and dread at the same time. To find out what you can do to make your event a success, we spoke to indie superstar, Mark Leslie. Mark has travelled all over the world doing...

Can You Promote a Book without Making Yourself Miserable?

Nov 11, 2015

by Ed Cyzewski   ÔÇ£IÔÇÖve never seen an author work as hard as you,ÔÇØ my publicist wrote after a book release. I wanted to print out that email so that I could either frame it on my wall or burn it in the alley behind our house. I couldnÔÇÖt decide which I...

8 essential things to know when marketing your book on Twitter

Nov 10, 2015

By Emily Benet Emily Benet bagged herself a publishing deal on the back of her blog, and got millions of hits for her Wattpad series ÔÇô now, sheÔÇÖs taking the digital world into her own writing in her new book, #PleaseRetweet. We caught up with her to find out the...