Practical publishing

Unbound is a new site that asks for readers to commit to an author's book - before it's written.  As you'll see from the site, authors are...

There are surprising benefits to being a Twit. The other day I had a brief conversation with author Jackie Collins. This wouldn’t...

A couple of weeks ago her self-published e-book was reviewed online by Big Al's Books, and although he mentioned that he found her...

Some writers swear by endless author visits and events as the best way of getting noticed. Bookshops, libraries, universities, literary lunches,...

One, how can you guarantee quality assurance? Yes, all of the writers are talented prose writers but whether they can sustain an...

So what does that mean?

Well, the traditional auction is one held by an agent who is asking publishing houses to...