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Why Social Media should be the new testing ground for books

Nov 27, 2015

By Ellen Harvey Testing books isnÔÇÖt a common practice in the publishing industry. It makes sense, considering that for the majority of the industryÔÇÖs history acquiring a new title relied on an individual editorÔÇÖs intuition and skill. In the past, the only way to...

Amazon Books should be the future of brick-and-mortar retail chains

Nov 26, 2015

Amazon ÔÇô from clicks to bricks Nathaniel Mott Earlier this month, Amazon opened a bookstore in a mall that used to house a Barnes & Noble. Much has been written about this foray into the physical realm: ItÔÇÖs been┬ácalled a potential library of the future;...

Book facts that not a lot of people know

Nov 25, 2015

Anne Miler is a ‘QI elf’ and has shared some book-related facts with us that we think you will find quite interesting… by Anne Miller on www.waterstones.com We are a planet of book lovers: in Iceland, 1 in 10 people will publish a book, IKEA sells a...

5 Ways to Use Instagram as an Author

Nov 24, 2015

by Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine When you hear about networking platforms or building a presence on social media, authors generally talk about Facebook, Twitter, and blogging straight away. Sometimes podcasting and Pinterest are mentioned. But Instagram? We asked our...

Nov 23, 2015

With eight million listeners, Janey Lee Grace has spoken to more people in her lunch time than most people will ever do in their lifetime.  Already a multiple best-selling author with five books to her credit, she is well known the Media Spokesperson for the Organic...

Policeman swops truncheon for Caveman’s Club

Nov 21, 2015

As a police officer in Swindon, Carl Rosier Jones went to make an arrest only to have a gun pulled on him and shot at him six times. “Fortunately he was firing blanks but I didn’t know that at the time. I┬á heard six bangs and I thought I was dead.┬á It...