Ady Hall.
Jack of no trades
An excellent article on self publishing, peoples reactions to a self published book and the expectations for a self published author at slushpile.net - which, although posted over two years ago - still garners comments!
This is great to see that an interesting and informative post can still hang around in bookmarks and search engine queries [...]
An interesting article on the role of the editor on Guardian Online - and as usual with the Newspaper articles - the comments section proves to be a lively forum with input from industry professionals and others ‘in the know’.
It’s interesting to note that within the established publishing industry the title of ‘Editor’ is bandied [...]
Just a quickie - but another article from Guardian online regarding the lack of financial reward for bringing out a book.
It is safe to say that most first-time authors will be lucky to make £5,000 from their first book (and considering most newbie authors will receive an advance of £10-£12 grand for a two booker [...]
Self publishers face a difficult task when it comes to distributing ‘the book’. I have read a few independent author blogs that have talked about the frustrations of trying to get their book into a Waterstones or Borders (outside of their local town). This is why I plan to concentrate efforts on Amazon and other [...]