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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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.
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.
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 ….
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 [...]
Original artwork for the Bookwright site by Lefteris Heretakis - illustrator & designer, lecturer in Graphic Design @ Bradford College. Lefteris designs and typesets books that visually resonate with the reader.To find out more about his work, read this blog