• Up Close And Personal With Tia Silverthorne Bach.

    Updated: 2012-02-29 15:00:43
    Ivin Viljoen interviews Tia Silverthorne Bach on the process of Self-Publishing, check it out.

  • Your Future Is Digital

    Updated: 2012-02-28 17:10:08
    Soon you won’t really have to choose between digital or paper. The book world has gone “onscreen,” for better or worse. Your work will see the light, most likely, in an e-book format. E-book sales continue to rise, and traditional formats continue to fall. According to the industry group the… Read more   

  • My Library: “Books can be possessive, can’t they?”

    Updated: 2012-02-28 14:09:33
    We’re starting a series of posts to help better introduce the TSTC Publishing team to you. Each post in this series will let them share with you the books they love most and the ones that fill their shelves. They will share their top 10 favorites and the ones they can’t stop re-reading. I hope [...]

  • Some Tips on Writing a Book

    Updated: 2012-02-27 18:02:00
    Five years ago, it is so hard to get tips on writing a book for free.  Thanks to the Internet, and to many generous writers who share their experience, this information is available much more easily. It comes directly from authors who want to provide a roadmap using their own… Read more   

  • Beware of Disappearing Blog Posts

    Updated: 2012-02-27 16:53:46
    Where did you go? I’ve found myself wondering that when I’ve clicked on a link and found that an author has last posted during an earlier presidential administration. (Granted, this isn’t as disconcerting as getting a Facebook “birthdays this week” reminder for an acquaintance who’s passed away – which happened… Read more   

  • Wiley-Blackwell to Expand Publishing Relationship with the British Educational Research Association

    Updated: 2012-02-27 16:49:10
    By PRESS RELEASE Hoboken, NJ - February 27, 2012—Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today expanded its partnership with the British Educational Research Association by...

  • Briefly Noted | The short story gets big – The Irish Times – Sat, Feb 25, 2012

    Updated: 2012-02-25 14:18:25
    Rather nice piece on short stories in the Irish Times this weekend. Well worth a read: So what’s the story? Is it all just a coincidence or is something new in the literary air? Our passion for electronic media provides part of the answer. Bloomsbury spells it out in an online introduction to its spring read more »

  • Up Close And Personal With Shel Horowitz.

    Updated: 2012-02-24 15:00:16
    Ivin Viljoen interviews Shel Horowitz on the process of self publishing.

  • Judging a Book by Its Author (or Pseudonym)

    Updated: 2012-02-24 10:06:12
    Apparently you only have one chance in publishing. A book is not bought because of its content, but because of the sales of previous books by the same author. Even if the new book has promise. If you’re previous books didn’t sell as well as whatever publisher were expecting them… Read more   

  • Irish Digital Only Fiction Publisher Laucnhes

    Updated: 2012-02-24 09:43:57
    A new digital publisher has launched in Kildare. Tirgearr Publishing is (by our estimate) Ireland’s first digital-only publisher focused on fiction. The company, founded by author Kemberlee Shortland, is primarily a publisher of adult genre fiction (from the look of the launch list primarily romance titles). According to the company its business model, ‘dispenses with read more »

  • Briefly Noted | ‘Proactive’ indies become regional winners | The Bookseller

    Updated: 2012-02-24 09:04:13
    Three shops—Mainstreet Trading from St Boswells in the Scottish Borders, Dublin’s The Gutter Bookshop and The Chorleywood Bookshop—have all won their regions for the second consecutive year. Mainstreet also previously won the Walker Books ­Children’s Independent Bookshop of the Year in 2009.    Rosamund de la Hey, who co-owns Mainstreet with husband Bill, said Mainstreet read more »

  • Irish Ebook Sales: Radio Interview Shifts Kindle Edition

    Updated: 2012-02-23 22:36:15
    In an interesting shift, an Irish radio interview has led to an ebook edition of a book spiking on Amazon’s bestseller lists. Constable author, Tim Newark, whose book, The Fighting Irish was the subject of a Pat Kenny interview Wednesday 22nd February. By the end of the day the book had climbed to the top read more »

  • Digital Dominance

    Updated: 2012-02-22 16:46:01
    The latest figures from Barnes & Noble are not surprising. No, they don’t show yet another decline in hardcover book sales. They demonstrate the continuing strength of the company’s e-reader, the Nook. In case you’ve expressed any doubt about whether the future of the book was digital (despite the handwringing… Read more   

  • Up Close And Personal With Haleh Resnick.

    Updated: 2012-02-22 15:00:02
    Ivin Viljoen interviews Haleh Resnick on the process of Self-Publishing.

  • The Customer Value Proposition: A New Twist on an Old Marketing Technique

    Updated: 2012-02-22 05:16:37
    By Brian Jud There is a fairly common marketing concept that can help you write a better press release, perform more successfully on the air, and sell more books in large, non-returnable quantities to corporate buyers. It is called a Customer Value...

  • The IT Tackles Ebook Pricing Why should the price of ebooks . . . be on the floor?

    Updated: 2012-02-21 09:17:04
    Actually a nice piece on ebook pricing in The Irish Times. Interestingly there’s a fairly broad set of views on pricing from the Irish industry including a somewhat reluctant sounding Stuart Neville: John Mooney is in broad agreement. “The traditional publishing model is long dead,” he says. “Maverick House does offer some ebooks at low read more »

  • Penguin vs Amazon – Book Fights Reach Libraries

    Updated: 2012-02-20 18:28:42
    Previously on Penguin vs. Amazon, Amazon cut prices for Penguin’s new releases of ebooks down to a discount price of $9.99. Penguin retaliated on April 1st by refusing to let Amazon carry any of its new ebook releases anymore. Amazon counterattacked by making those same books, in hardback form, that $9.99 price. Other companies had [...]

  • Get Ready for Robot-Generated Content

    Updated: 2012-02-20 17:04:18
    The technology exists to “write” an article without someone actually sitting down to write it. Not that anyone among us, we legions of struggling writers, really wants something like this (really). As difficult as it can be to find your voice, and to build a platform for your… Read more   

  • Up Close And Personal With Barry Maher.

    Updated: 2012-02-20 15:00:14
    Ivin Viljoen gets up close and personal with distinguished author; Barry Maher.

  • Briefly Noted | Publishers make bid to close filesharing sites | Technology | guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-02-20 00:55:49
    Ireland-based websites Library.nu and ifile.it were served with cease and desist court orders on Tuesday after two major publishing groups accused the sites of earning $10.6m £6.7m in revenue a year. The action against alleged filesharers came amid fresh opposition to controversial anti-piracy legislation in Europe. Internet advocacy groups have expressed concern about the Anti-Counterfeiting read more »

  • E-Book Authors Gets an Editorial Ally

    Updated: 2012-02-16 14:53:47
    In case anyone doubted that the self-publishing phenomenon was abating, Kirkus the venerable book review magazine, has just announced editing services for self-published authors. Kirkus has realized that many authors (most authors, in fact) benefit from editorial input. In fact, as it says in its release, “We’re dedicated… Read more   

  • Don’t Think About Awards, Think About Message

    Updated: 2012-02-15 23:45:42
    I read a wrap-up about the recent Grammy Awards in which a writer complained that the Grammies continually overlook cutting-edge artists in favor of popular entertainers, even talented ones like Adele. The first thing is, this was an awards ceremony. And awards aren’t exactly cutting-edge, whatever that means… Read more   

  • Self Published Star Signs Film and TV Rights Deal

    Updated: 2012-02-15 15:00:03
    Author A.K. Alexander, has joined the top tier of bestselling self-published authors and has found herself in the top five of the Amazon Kindle bestseller list in the US. Alexander was hailed for reaching the top of the charts in the UK with her self published debut Daddy’s Home, making her one of the first American authors to do so.

  • Give Yourself a Deadline

    Updated: 2012-02-15 02:20:31
    Home FREE Templates Get Published My 1 Recommendation 200+ Free Tools Book Marketing Give Yourself a Deadline by Melanie Wilson St . Louis , MO My first self-published book I had wanted to write a full-length nonfiction book for years , but never did it . Why Because I was too busy writing for deadlines that other people had given me . Once God gave me a vision for the book , I set a deadline to have my printed book ready to sell at a women's retreat I was doing that was just four months away . That was my ultimate deadline . But I determined intermediate deadlines as well . I knew when I needed to order the proof and have the final copies shipped . I also estimated the time needed to have the book proofread by writing friends . With time allotted for my own editing , I then determined how

  • Fitting Amazon for The Black Hat?

    Updated: 2012-02-13 15:45:50
    By Michael Weinstein Recently Barnes & Noble announced that it would not sell books in its brick and mortar store that are published by Amazon’ new print publishing division. They made this decision due to “Amazon’ continued push for...

  • Briefly Noted | The bargain bookseller | Get London Reading

    Updated: 2012-02-13 15:15:50
    The numbers involved are colossal, driven by those low prices: last year The Book People sold 250,000 cook books by Jamie Oliver, 130,000 by baking model Lorraine Pascale, plus 120,000 books of poetry. In a world where a new novel rarely sells 1,000 copies, this gives them vast power. “They are the biggest customer for read more »

  • Up Close And Personal With Marlene Caroselli.

    Updated: 2012-02-13 15:00:21
    Ivin viljoen interviews Marlene Caroselli on the process of self-publishing.

  • Briefly Noted | Eight years late and six times over budget, a book on the history of St Stephen’s Green is costing the taxpayer €900 per copy – National News – Independent.ie

    Updated: 2012-02-13 09:44:45
    Instead the OPW dramatically scaled back what they wanted, despite paying about €400,000. It was agreed the author would write a standalone title on St Stephens Green. The book ‘St Stephens Green 1660-1875’ has been acclaimed by critics, but has sold only 443 copies since it was published in October. The book retails at €35, read more »

  • Nominations sought for next Laureate na nÓg

    Updated: 2012-02-13 00:29:02
    CBI is currently inviting nominations for Laureate na nÓg 2012 -2014. This important initiative was instigated in 2010 with the inauguration of Siobhán Parkinson as Ireland’s first children’s literature laureate. Siobhán will complete her imaginative and successful term  in May 2012 so now is the time to nominate an Irish author or illustrator to be read more »

  • Four Irish Bookstores In Battle For Independent Bookseller Of The Year

    Updated: 2012-02-10 17:00:55
    The Gutter Bookshop in Temple Bar is one of four Irish bookstores nominated for the Independent Bookseller of the Year Award, 2012. They form one of seven regional sub-categories in the competition which offers a prize of £5,000 The final regional winners will be decided by The Bookseller, Gardners and the BA will pick seven regional winners read more »

  • Up Close And Personal With Lou Hemsey.

    Updated: 2012-02-08 15:00:06
    Ivin Viljoen interviews Lou Hemsey on the process of self publishing. Don't miss out.

  • Edwards Brothers and Malloy Merge to Form Nation's Sixth Largest Book Maker

    Updated: 2012-02-06 20:16:26
    By Press Release Ann Arbor, MI (February 6, 2012)—Edwards Brothers, Inc. and Malloy Incorporated, two leading book manufacturers, announced today that they would merge effective February 6, 2012, forming a new company called Edwards Brothers Malloy. The new...

  • John Green and the Nerdfighters: National Tour Proves Teenagers Still Love Books

    Updated: 2012-02-06 14:08:32
    A couple of weeks ago, my younger brother Justin and I packed up the car and drove down to Austin. We were on a mission: to find the Nerdfighteria van and see his favorite author, John Green, and singer, Hank Green. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I have to frame [...]

  • Open Road Adds Two More Industry Vets to Its Team With Nita Taublib, Strategic Advisor for Romance, and Marjorie Braman, Consulting Editorial Director

    Updated: 2012-02-06 05:54:42
    By Press Release (New York, NY – February 6) Open Road Integrated Media (www.openroadmedia.com), a digital publisher and multimedia content company, announced today that it is continuing to add experienced and highly respected publishing executives and...

  • Marketing Strategy #1 - Write & Publish More

    Updated: 2012-02-04 17:50:34
    Home FREE Templates Get Published My 1 Recommendation 200+ Free Tools Book Marketing Marketing Strategy 1 Write Publish More by W . Bradford Swift Flat Rock , NC I'm borrowing this strategy from Dean Wesley Smith It's simple and works well for most writers . Write and publish more . In the new world of electronic publishing , the more books and short stories you have out in the world the larger your virtual book shelf becomes making it easier for people to find your . work This doesn't mean to short change the writing process . You still need to revise , polish , edit , proofread , etc . But once you've completed those tasks , publish your work , especially on Kindle and CreateSpace making it available to largest audience with the least amount of effort . Of course , if you like , you can

  • Self-Editing Pointers

    Updated: 2012-02-03 01:49:51
    Home FREE Templates Get Published My 1 Recommendation 200+ Free Tools Book Marketing Self-Editing Pointers by Heather Hart Colorado One of the most important parts of submitting writing , any writing , for publication is the editing . Yes the content is important , however if you have amazing ideas that can’t be deciphered through all the typos or lack of punctuation , you won’t be taken seriously . While most people aren't looking for a polished master piece when reading a blog or website , self-editing work is still extremely important , but it is even more so when we are publishing our books . As an author and an editor , I know that most writers will never catch all of their own mistakes . I believe that this is because we know what we meant to say , therefore we read it the way we

  • Tips from the Trail

    Updated: 2012-02-02 04:18:19
    Home FREE Templates Get Published My 1 Recommendation 200+ Free Tools Book Marketing Tips from the Trail by Yvonne Pepin-Wakefield From my experience , I recommend finding a POD , Independent , Alternative Publisher , or whatever that publisher’s name is that will be printed on the spine of your book . When making your choice , make certain this publisher gets your physical and eBook listed on all the major eBook platforms . Make double sure this publisher is able to work with a U.S . distributor if not your books will not be purchased by book stores , and most likely you will not be welcomed to read in bookstores which cannot order your book through a . distributor Begin publicizing in your own backyard . Have the local paper , magazine , and or radio station interview you . Find your

  • THANK YOU! - THANK YOU! - THANK YOU!

    Updated: 2012-02-02 04:04:29
    Home FREE Templates Get Published My 1 Recommendation 200+ Free Tools Book Marketing THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU by Dr . Charles Chuck Shockley San Diego , California Thanks to you , I published today my first Kindle book . I used your template and found a low cost professional picture from your recommended list to use on my cover . It was quick and your guide was easy to . follow I wrote two print books using a POD printer . By the time the publisher and Amazon took their cuts , I was left with about a dollar income per book . My print books are : Conflict in Black White and Flying Through History The first book has been re-purposed as a resource for history teachers , students , or any history enthusiast . The Kindle book is titled Inside the 1960s Civil Rights War I am 74 years old

  • Grammar Rules: A Comma Conundrum

    Updated: 2012-02-01 20:39:45
    As we grow up, we learn many rules about grammar and punctuation. We learn about all sorts of different types of commas, like those in a list, the Oxford comma, and those breaking up clauses in a sentence. Many times we had to think hard about where to place our commas and check every rule [...]

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