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 internet-focused book distributors and to look into opportunities for widening exposure outside of the High Street Book-pushers.
Lovereading is a site that offers reviews and first chapter peeks of many new releases. A friendly site that replicates the best of a High Street store without too many of their bad habits, allows you to browse a first chapter and allows a discount on purchasing from the site.
However, Lovereading have now brought out a new site dedicated to the self publisher (and the want to be published) with their Lovewriting site. Lovewriting is a showcase site for Independent Authors and the self published - and they have replicated their original site to offer the Independent Author a new avenue to promote their book to the lengthy list of lovereading subscribers.
It seems an excellent step forward for Independent Authors in the UK - and a positive step to breaking down the self published perception of poor quality tatt. (Not saying that there isn’t lots of self-published poor quality tatt out there 
- just that this site, along with others, helps the cream rise to the top).
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