Writing and Creating Books

Are Ebook Sales Declining?

According to Terrance Finley, CEO of Books-A-Million, the low-hanging fruit of ebook sales have been plucked. As he notes: There’s nothing on the horizon from a technology perspective that leads us to conclude that there would be technology to push dramatically different consumption levels of digital books, and prices are already very low. So all […]

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Book Marketing Tip of the Week: 27 March 2013

John Kremer’s Book Marketing Tip of the Week March 27, 2013 – Just a few more days of Read an Ebook Month! In this issue . . . – Hug an Author! – Blog Posts on Book Marketing, Ebook Promotions, Writing Books Hug an Author! Hug An Author is a social bookmarking site for book […]

Blake Bailey: 5 Writing Tips

The following writing tips are excerpted from an article by Blake Bailey that appeared in Publishers Weekly magazine. Write about things that really interest you. Pick a subject that bores you and you’ll write a boring book. Be quiet and listen. Let the person talk. Action is character. Let us see and hear how your […]

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Ian Rankin: 10 Rules for Writing

Here, according to mystery author Ian Rankin, are ten rules for writing. Read lots. Write lots. Be persistent. Have a story worth telling. … These are certainly worth paying attention to. Read lots. Write lots. Learn to be self-critical. Learn what criticism to accept. Be persistent. Have a story worth telling. Don’t give up. Know […]