How To Promote Your Book | Five More New Ideas

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There are so many ways to promote your book, but sometimes it is very simple book marketing changes that can make a big difference to your book sales potential. Often the common problems with online book promotion is that it can become repetitive and potential book buyers become advertising immune.

The problem of repetition is especially the case on Facebook and Twitter. If you are using social media to promote your book, it might well be time to think about creating alternatives that you can post to create more variety and interest.

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Top 5 Tips For Submitting Your Novel To Publishers

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What lessons did our Founding Editor learn during the submissions process for her debut novel? In this video, Helen Scheuerer takes us through her top 5 tips for submitting your novel to publishers, and what she learnt along the way…

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Kindle Scout | A New Opportunity For Authors

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Some authors may have missed reading about the launch or Amazon’s Kindle Scout last year. It is an interesting innovation by Amazon, and an opportunity for authors, as it relies on voting from readers to decide which books are selected to be published by Amazon. The idea is quite a twist on self-publishing, as it gives authors a chance to receive publishing contracts from Amazon. Click below to find out more…

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16 Books that Should be on your Radar: February 2017

Every month, the Writer’s Bone crew reviews or previews books we’ve read or want to read. This series may or may not also serve as a confessional for guilty pleasures and hipster novels only the brave would attempt. Here are their recommendations for February 2017:

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Authors Beware: Think Twice Before Signing a Contract

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Never sign a book contract with a publisher without doing your homework first. There are so many small publishers nowadays, and while some are good, there are many that are not so good. Even among some well-known small publishers, problems have arisen with overdue payment or no payment of royalties to authors.

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The Devil is in the Detail in Fiction Writing

So over the last couple of weeks, I have been straining my old eyes to complete a couple of final reads, looking for those small annoying faults, like misplaced commas, errant formatting, typos and silly repetition. Due to the good work done in the editing stage, there were not a lot of faults, so I was very pleased that the end of the process was near.

Until that is, a glaring error hit me in the face about halfway through what I thought was going to be my final read. This is the kind of problem that usually hits first draft fiction writing…

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