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CompletelyNovel: a new paradigm for publishing?

I’d literally just finished the last page of my new book, Flavours of Thought, when an email came into my Inbox about a new service called CompletelyNovel.

At first I ignored it, as it actually came into my Spam folder, but something encouraged me to click the link and I was amazed at what I found. So [...]

iPhone & iPad

Do iPad or do I Kindle?

Well I never thought I’d ever buy Knitting for Dummies. But I just got a copy via the Amazon Kindle Store to read, or is that to watch, on my iPad.

So am I taking up crocheting books or, as fabulous author’s coach @ledasammarco suggested on Twitter, knitting light bulbs?

No, I am just checking out how embedded [...]

iPhone & iPad

Publishing in hands of authors

If one of your books sells in a book shop, as an author, you are likely to get less than 10% of the selling price.
This is not a gripe but a fact, as other people in the chain need to be duly recompensed for their part in getting the book on the shelf.

With the introduction of [...]

Publishing

Whole Mind Not-Thinking

Perhaps you have you heard of Whole Brain Thinking and the benefits of syncing your left and right hemispheres?

In this article published in the free Lightworker magazine, find out why Whole Mind Not-thinking takes Whole Brain Thinking to a whole new level …

… this might just be the key to how we can start tapping into [...]

Authors Tales

Two great reads for the Amazon Kindle

I’m absolutely thrilled to see my book Blocks now available for the Amazon Kindle.

It’s a perfect size for ereaders and also available on the iPhone via the Amazon Kindle app …

If you have a Kindle, you can get it here ….

Blocks: The Enlightened Way To Clear Writer’s Block and Find Your Creative Flow

If you’ve got an [...]

Authors Tales

The Cards of Blessings iPhone App

I am really proud to have been working recently with the author of the Blessings Book, Lizzi Vandorpe, who has designed the most beautiful iPhone app.
It’s a set of 26 inspiring cards that come up at random at a shake of the iPhone or a tap on the screen.

It’s got some other pretty neat functionality too [...]

iPhone & iPad

Is the iPad a good thing?

The announcement of the Apple iPad this week delivered probably exactly what everyone expected – a large version of the iPod touch.

Now the dust has settled on the announcement, the significance of the launch is becoming clearer – certainly insofar as the implications for authors and publishers – and for that matter app developers like me.

In [...]

iPhone & iPad

100 Year of Ermintrude – an iPhone app

100 Years of Ermintrude is a wonderful example of how an author’s work can be re-purposed for different platforms.

It started life as a PDF download which raised a nice amount of money for breast cancer charity … and ended up with me walking around London in a bra with 15,000 women.

It then morphed into an MP3 [...]

iPhone & iPad

The future of the ebook

With the introduction of ereaders last year and the imminent announcement from Apple about the much rumoured Tablet – or iSlate – the future of the ebook has never been rosier.

The opportunities for authors and publishers abound to create an experience for readers which delivers an amazing array of immersion and interactivity ….

…. watch this short [...]

Publishing

Stairway to Publishing Heaven

Publishing a book is journey. Much like climbing Everest .. or simply going on holiday.

With some planning, the right mind set and the wind behind you and not against you, the journey to publishing heaven can become an enjoyable and calculated process.

Step 1: become lucky
Getting a book in print, publicised and read by the right people [...]