What is a Blog Tour and how does it work?
For some time now, the self-publishing world has been buzzing with word of a new promotional vehicle, the Blog Tour. To understand exactly what this is and how it works, […]
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Why do people post on-line reviews?
Driven mostly by convenience, wider choices and lower prices, more and more of us are now abandoning the high street in favour of the Internet. And where once we might […]
What if money was no object?
Today on Facebook, an old school friend shared the above video, in which the late British philosopher, Alan Watts, in a gentle, fatherly and wonderfully mellifluous tone, makes a strong case for pursuing whatever activity […]
Is self-publishing redefining the rules of book genre?
Like many début authors, I didn’t really think too hard about the genre of my first book until I’d finished writing it. And looking back, with large parts of the story seemingly writing themselves, I’m not […]
Secrets of Self-publishing and eBook promotion – Part 2
In the first part of this article, I shared a little of my own limited experience in the world of Indie-publishing and explained how, no matter how good your book […]
Secrets of Self-publishing and eBook promotion – Part 1
This is the first of a 2-part article. In part 2 I will share the results of my Author Survey, posted 2 weeks ago. So, for many months if not […]
Author Survey
Since publishing my first book in June this year, I’m interested to learn how my fellow authors are finding this strange world of indie publishing into which I am […]