Some people still think that traditional publishing separates the wheat from the chaff in terms of quality content. These people have obviously never browsed a bookstore looking for something good to read. There’s a lot of junk out there. Publishers and editors aren’t gatekeepers of quality; they maintain the… Read more 
I am disspointed at the pace of the emails, so I may have to reconceptualize the book. Read about my Plan B Concept and let me know what you think of my idea. 
In a move that confirms the Irish Writers’ Centre’s Inaugural Novel Fair as a success, Hachette Ireland have acquired World Rights for Irish-by-marriage Canadian born author Janet E Cameron’s debut novel Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World. Cameron was one of the winners of the Irish Writers’ Centre inaugural Novel Fair earlier this [...]
The Bord Gáis Energy Bookshop of the Year Award is back for 2012 and offers a €5,000 prize fund. The award, which was introduced as a new category in the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards in 2011, pays tribute to Irish booksellers nationwide and was set up to recognise bookshops that consistently deliver a great [...]
So, in this week before Labor Day, did you do any summer reading?
Or did you make a sort-of list of things you wanted to get to but never actually got to?
I bet it was the second.
Now that we’re about to crank up our schedules even more… Read more 
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In a move that confirms the Irish Writers’ Centre’s Inaugural Novel Fair as a success, Hachette Ireland have acquired World Rights for Irish-by-marriage Canadian born author Janet E Cameron’s debut novel Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World. Cameron was one of the winners of the Irish Writers’ Centre inaugural Novel Fair earlier this [...]
It's day 2 and it's slow going. But as I'm writing down every details of what is accomplished, I'm actual;l;y getting a lot done/ Look at the updated cover and share with em your thoughts on my questions at the end. 
People aren’t interested in good news. Not really. Newspapers would collapse even further if they dedicated themselves to reporting solely on the good of the world.
Readers want disasters rather than feel-good tales. They want to know what’s happened that could upset the balance of nature. We want to… Read more 
I have challenged myself to publish a new book (and write a new one). Follow my story as I share every detail in this grueling process. Check where I start and what my plans are going on. 
How often do you refer to the reviews on Amazon before you buy a book? A lot, I’m betting. Did you know that they’re often “reviews” and not really the opinions of people who’ve thought deeply about a book and decided to weigh in on it?
You knew that,… Read more 
What have you done today?
In terms of your platform, your book, your message.
Have you written something?
Have you contributed a blog post to your site?
Have you gone on to other sites and seen what others are saying about the things that interest you, in your field… Read more 
So, how do you write a bestseller?
That’s been a question that’s hung over aspiring and established writers ever since a magazine called The Bookman began running what’s considered the first bestseller list in 1895, according to Michael Korda’s book, Making the List: A Cultural History of the American… Read more 
You need to keep at it.
If you’re creating content through blog posts, it’s important that you stick to a schedule. Otherwise your readers will feel that you no longer wish to connect with them.
You may not feel this way, of course. You want readers you want to… Read more 
In the long-running Broadway musical Avenue Q, one song title hit the nail on the head: “The Internet Is for Porn.”
Everyone with an internet connection already knew that, of course.
Now, it seems, the e-book is for the same thing.
Erotica sells better than just about anything else.… Read more 
Jon Courtenay Grimwood’s Assassini trilogy – described by the Sunday Times as “Gritty, grimy, decadent and compelling” – is a dark vision of a Venice in peril, and the rise of a young man cursed with amnesia and a taste …
It’s been books. Now it’s pianos.
The digital world is overtaking what was once a piece of necessary furniture in every home, the piano. In an age when electronic keyboards can be had for a few hundred dollars, and even imported pianos cost only a few thousand dollars, the… Read more