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The Situation: I have just completed Volume I on Royal Road and plan three more volumes this year (those readers do love consistent verbiage). For the covers going forward, I would like to pay a local artist whose work I adore. She's up for it and seems interested in branching out into book...

This from a Facebook friend of mine: The latest Kafkaesque absurdity from Amazon (and naturally, there is no way to appeal): Hello, During our review, we found that the following book(s) causes a misleading customer experience because it impairs customers' ability to make good buying decisions...

Came across this. Might be interesting: https://www.indieauthorbookfair.com/upcoming-events No idea if it's any good, but I'm thinking of going since it's on my doorstep. Anyone else going? Let me know and we can visit the local pup and get very sloshed beforehand for a quick drink.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/i-have-been-an-ai-researcher-for-40-years-what-tech-giants-are-doing-to-book-publishing-is-akin-to-theft

Deciding to write a book, it never feels like a great idea. It’s always like knowingly entering a bad marriage. If you had any sense, you wouldn’t do it, but you know you’re going to do it. Percival Everett

New blog post by AgentPete Book Club Programme & Dates for the Year Litopia’s Book Club, run by @Jason, is an unmissable monthly event. There are – happily – lots of book clubs around. But none like ours. Quite simply, it’s a club run by writers for writers – so the perspective is altogether...

So, this is a cool project brought to life by Andy Peloquin, who is fairly well-known in the indie author community. Essentially, it's a website that lists every author's complete bibliography and gives readers a chance to add them to their "TBR" or "Already Read" piles (with customizable...

This popped in to my mailbox. Jane Friedman is a reliable source. If yu want a review of your cover she recommended this guy. Obviously he'll want sell you a new one, but all information is good information. https://damonza.com/review/

Big Book, big bore. Callimachus

“When you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there’s all heaven and earth in a book, a real book I mean.” Christopher Morley

Hello everyone and happy new year! I just wanted to share with you this doc that was posted in my screenwriting group. I know it is more tailored for screenwriting but I found it very useful for my book as well, it builds drama and covers the who, what, why and opposing forces thereby enticing...

This year's book, at midnight turns to footnote in the next. Terri Guilemets

"A best seller was a book which somehow sold well simply because it was selling well". Sylvia Boorstein

Hi! LBF published their schedule including the one for the Writer's Summit which happens the day before on March 10. You can see the program for all 4 days here: Seminar Programme | The London Book Fair I am just thinking if upgrading my tix to the writer's summit is worth it (another 100...

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Hi Everyone, so I'm thinking of attending the London Book Fair this year (I live in France) and was just wondering if you have any experience with it? Is this mostly for agents and publishers? Or is there also something for authors to do there? On their website there is a Writer's Summit but not...

New blog post by Eva Ulian – discussions in this thread, please --- Don’t expect people who barely know you or don’t know you at all will promote your book. It’s not likely that people will go out of their way so you can climb a step up the ladder to success, unless they are invested. Nor can...

thestorygraph.com is the book discovery and review site I mentioned in the Huddle today. I found it on BlueSky. What better place to find an Ammie/Goodreads alternative than on a Xitter alternative, right? So why would anyone need something other than the big two? 1. Formatting options...