A guest post by Sally Pederson The last chapter of your book is finally complete. Now the big question—where do I publish it? Every author has a baby—the book—that has been nurtured for a considerable amount of time. You have two options for publishing your work; you can try your luck with a Publishing House … Read more
If you carry any Health & Fitness books, here are a couple worth carrying. Starting Strength a ‘Must-Own’ For Any Weightlifter There’s a reason that everyone recommends Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength to any beginner looking to better themselves in the weight room — it’s one of the premiere entry-level books on bodybuilding, and has been … Read more
It’s not easy being a writer, but it’s better than all the alternatives. I guess I have always been a writer but it was only one day when realizing how unhappy I was in the regular working world, I made the decision to become a full-time writer. I can still remember the day, almost twenty … Read more
by Jas Faulkner I joined my first book club in the mid-eighties. We were a loosely organized group of a dozen or so students from three different colleges in Memphis. We met at each other’s apartments and dorm rooms twice a month to discuss the book we’d chosen, what else we were reading and what … Read more
The Bookshop Blog is currently looking for a Bookshop owner or manager that is interested in contributing a weekly column on the working of his/her shop. We’ll leave the exact topics up to the bookseller but it should be related to what’s going on in his shop and/or in the world of book selling. There … Read more
The controversy over the Man Booker rumbles on. Agent Peter Straus argues the rule changes will create surprising submission scenarios and calls on the organiser to open its purse strings to reflect the broader canvas If the reason to sponsor a prize is to get your brand in the news, the Man Group must be absolutely … Read more
Congratulations on crossing “Print My Book” off of your bucket list! However, the self-publishing community often faces trials and tribulations after the book has been printed. If the first group of printed books did well, but you’re struggling to keep selling them, we’ve got some fresh ideas that anyone can implement, even those with a … Read more
by Jas Faulkner If you’re reading this not long after it was written (October 31st, 2013) you have probably seen the many reports about an anonymous woman in North Dakota who declared that she was indeed passing out candy, but not to children she deemed “moderately obese”. They would get letters addressed to their parents … Read more
