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Marketing with BookBub in 2016 [Infographic]
Originally posted on Story Empire:
Here’s an interesting report from BookBub about featured deal results and much more. Of note, check out how many listed book deals hit the New York Times Bestseller List… We’re excited to share this infographic highlighting our author and publisher partners’ marketing accomplishments with BookBub in 2016! Feel free to…
None Dare Tread – A short story based on a visual prompt…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Submitted by author Terry Palmer: Give my best to Mary Beth Rob, (ELFKAT), for thinking up this prompt. Here is a first chapter with plenty of leads which need further applications. I COULD do a chapter two and so on as another short, but then,…
Instagram Primer for Indie Authors…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Extract from an article by Frances Caballo on The Book Designer It was also in 2015 that Pew Research Center reported that Instagram was the fourth most used social media network, behind Facebook, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. If your reader demographic is between the ages of…
How to write 52 short stories a year – Guest Post by Jemima Pett
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
It was the great Ray Bradbury who said: “Write a short story every week. It’s not possible to write 52 bad stories in a row.” Chris White at A Writers Den posted a lovely picture quoting him. I’ve been writing a short story each week,…
How To Be an Editor’s Favorite Client
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Katie McCoach As an author, your relationship with your editor, your book cover designer, your agent, and your publishing house are all extremely important to your success. I believe in good and bad energy—what you put out, you get back in return. Day to day, I work my…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 