Day: February 26, 2020

Black Friday Deals for Authors

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It's a well kept secret. A LOT of companies that make products for Authors offer Black Friday deals In this post we will round up and share all the best Black Friday Deals for 2020 that are meant for Authors Open: To Be updated. It's just Feb 2020. Over the course of the rest of the year we'll be rounding up the best Black Friday deals for authors Black Friday Deals on Services for Authors To be...

Deals for Authors – Want to save on Your Groceries?

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WalMart Grocery Department has you covered You can get $10 off your first $50 Grocery PickUp Order at WalMart Coupon: VISITORS Enter this coupon at Checkout to save $10 Thanks to DealsPlus for this WalMart Deal WalMart Delivery Unlimited WalMart has an interesting $12.95 monthly, and $98 annual, grocery delivery service Might be a real timesaver if you normally shop at WalMart

Authors should stop ignoring Gamers and the massive potential audience they represent

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LoudPoet talks about how Orbit books are underestimating just how big of a Franchise, The Witcher was, even before the Netflix show The Witcher 3 is widely regarded as one of the best Role Playing Games available The latest Witcher release sold 20 million copies, well before the Netflix show arrived The Witcher has been an incredibly popular book series in Eastern Europe and Russia Witcher has...

Should Authors find their own Stock Photos, or should they leave the work to Book Cover Designers?

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One of the strangest things we've seen is where some authors advocate finding your own stock photos and then having the book cover designer build a cover from those photos Here is the logic behind this The Author finds a better and/or cheaper image than the cover designer The Author purchases it The Cover designer just builds the cover using that image (the one selected by the author) The net...

What is The Passive Voice?

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The Passive Voice is an excellent blog for Authors & Publishers Passive Guy (PG) is the main blogger and an attorney, entrepreneur and former tech executive Reasons why we recommend The Passive Voice Excellent quality posts Covers both in depth analysis and quick news We've already included it in various lists such as 'Best Resources for Authors' and 'Best Blogs for Authors' It is a very good...

What is Writer Beware?

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Writer Beware is a website run by author Victoria Strauss It is a list of various scams and tricks that target authors. It includes Contests and Awards Copyright Issues Editors and Assessment Services Literary Agents Self Publishing Small Presses Vanity Publishers Writers' Services   We find it very interesting. In all the businesses we've been in We've never seen a business like Publishing...

Why are there so many people scamming authors?

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Author Anne R. Allen has an excellent post on 10 New Publishing Scams to Watch Out for in 2020 Do give it a read It brings up a few interesting questions Why are there so many people scamming authors? Why are authors so difficult to work with i.e. always worried they will get scammed, instead of doing a normal business transaction These two questions are very important to us, because We are...

Deals for Authors – $224 for a 4K Monitor

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Please Note: You can sign up for our email newsletter for Deals & Coupons for Authors & Publishers if you're looking to find more great money saving deals If you're looking to improve your writing productivity, it's worth looking at getting a good monitor Today, we have an offer from Amazon, found via SlickDeals, which offers a 28" 4K monitor for just $224 Is $224 a good price for a 28"...

Sales drop 90% in China’s bookstores

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Covid19 Coronavirus has really put a dent in book sales in China Thanks to The Passive Voice for sharing the news The South China Morning Post for reporting on it What is The South China Morning Post reporting? China's seventy thousand bookstores are taking a hit from the Coronavirus Many cities in China have closed down shops Book shops were already under pressure from ebooks For stores that...