Authorcraft Book Club

Apple adding 1M new iBookstore users per week since September

Jan 16, 2015

Pre-installing app in iOS and Yosemite triggered wave of growth, says company At the Digital Book World conference in New York City on Thursday, Apple’s iBooks chief Keith Moerer revealed that since the release of iOS 8 and Yosemite — both of which came...

Awards for author Dee Blick’s new book

Jan 13, 2015

For author Dee Blick, ┬áreceived two late Christmas presents in the form of two highly prestigious awards for her 4th book: The Ultimate Guide to Writing and Marketing a Bestselling Book – on a Shoestring Budget. ÔÇ£I found out just before Christmas that my book...

AuthorCraft puts the PUB in Publishing

Jan 13, 2015

  The first AuthorCraft Surrey event takes place in Guildford’s famous pub real pub and music venue, The Keep. ┬áThe event is free to attend and you will have the opportunity to meet and network with other authors plus experts in all aspects of bringing...

Is a Glut of new books a good thing?

Jan 13, 2015

Is  a Glut of Books a Good Thing? Hugh C. Howey A common refrain in this new age of self-publishing is that there are too many books. The outflow of new material has been likened to all sorts of natural disasters spewing forth and flooding the land. Not only are...

Coffin for a Kindle. Is the eBook marketed dying in the UK?

Jan 8, 2015

Coffin For a Kindle: The eBook Market is Dying in the UK ┬á- By Gerald Lynch┬á┬á www.gizmodo.co.uk Is the eBook revolution on its last legs? That’s what both physical book retailers and digital book sales figures from the Christmas period would suggest, with...

World Book Day 2015 line up announced!

Nov 14, 2014

Newsflash: The Biggest Book Show on Earth has just got bigger, with over 40 authors, including Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Rosen, Chris Riddell, Cathy Cassidy, Cressida Cowell, Liz Pichon and more travelling across the country to celebrate World Book Day 2015 Over 40...

Digital Watermarks Take the Publishing World by Storm

Nov 4, 2014

Digital Watermarks Take the Publishing World by Storm By Michael Kozlowski Major Publishers and Bookstores are staring to forgo Adobe DRM and instead embrace Digital Watermarking technology. They are doing this because it is easier for the customer to be able to load...

David Mellor launches new book

Nov 3, 2014

Congratulations to David Mellor on the launch of his second book in the ‘From Crew to Captain Series’. In his second book, ‘A Privateers Tale’,┬á David Mellor helps people to ┬áunderstand the transition from working for a big┬áinstitution to...
AuthorCraft moves to a new venue

AuthorCraft moves to a new venue

Nov 3, 2014

Make a date in your diary for Tuesday 25th November at 6pm when AuthorCraft moves to its new venue – The Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall. This will also make the first of our new style AuthorCraft events. Guest speaker will be international author DEE...