Month: February 2020

What is Writer Beware?

admin February 26, 2020 0 Comments
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?

admin February 26, 2020 0 Comments
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

admin February 26, 2020 0 Comments
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...

Coronavirus Covid19 & Books & Publishing – In What Ways might Coronavirus affect Books & Publishing?

admin February 25, 2020 1 Comment
Firstly, let's consider the three scenarios Best Case - Covid19 dies out pretty quickly. China, Korea, Japan, and Italy's attempts to control it are successful. It doesn't reach and spread in high risk places like India and Africa. A vaccine is developed by summer. Most of the people of the world get vaccinated against it. Covid19 does not mutate Bad Case - Covid19 keeps spreading and we have a...

Top 10 Book Design Software

admin February 22, 2020 1 Comment
What is Book Design?  Please read the WriteZero post on Book Design to get a better understanding of what Book Design is Book Design encompasses The Layout of the Book The Structure of the Book Typesetting and formatting and page layout The Book Cover, the Back Cover, and the Spine of the Book The Binding Other elements of the Book Design It's basically every aspect of how your book looks and...

What is Book Design?

admin February 22, 2020 2 Comments
What is Book Design? Book Design, according to Wikipedia, is the art of incorporating the content, style, format, design, and sequence of the various elements of a book into one coherent whole To put it more simply, Every Book has a Book Design Whether it is consciously thought out and laid out Whether someone just put everything together without thinking about design Not thinking about Book...

What is a Book Doctor? Do you need a Book Doctor?

admin February 21, 2020 0 Comments
In this post we're going to look at What a Book Doctor Is Details on what a Book Doctor does People who really need a Book Doctor People who could use the help of a Book Doctor People who don't need a Book Doctor Read on to find out if you need a house call What is a Book Doctor? A Book Doctor is an experienced author or editor or author consultant or publishing professional who 'diagnoses and...

The War on eBooks, by Market Incumbents

admin February 18, 2020 0 Comments
There is a brutal war being waged on eBooks. It is being carried out by the Market Incumbents (the people who currently control the Books & Publishing Ecosystem) To better understand this War on eBooks, it's first important to understand some Historical Context and to understand the motivations of the people attacking eBooks Historical Context - Why the people who first started pushing for...

Macmillan dispute with Libraries over eBooks

admin February 17, 2020 0 Comments
There is a big dispute going on between Macmillan, one of the Big 5 Publishers, and Libraries What is the Macmillan ebook dispute with Libraries? In Nov 2019, Macmillan introduced a peculiar new policy Libraries are now restricted to buying just a single ebook copy of a newly launch book from Macmillan for the first eight weeks after the book is released Macmillan CEO John Sargent says this is...